On September 6, 2016, following a 3-week long bench trial in May, U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel of the Southern District of New York held that he will appoint a Lead Master to determine whether there are “material...more
Court holds that claims begin to accrue at the time contracts were executed and there is no separate claim for failure to cure or repurchase. On June 11, New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, rendered a...more
On April 30, 2015, New York’s highest court heard arguments in ACE Securities Corp. v. DB Structured Products Inc. regarding the accrual date for RMBS put-back claims – i.e., the date on which the statute of limitations...more
New York's Highest Court Will Review First Department Decision on RMBS Putback Statute of Limitations - On June 27, the Court of Appeals for the State of New York agreed to review the First Department's December 2013...more
On December 19, 2013, correspondent lenders were the beneficiaries of a long-awaited common sense ruling on when the statute of limitations begins to run under New York law for purposes of a mortgage buyback claim. The...more
For those of you who were able to attend our annual Securities Litigation and Enforcement Seminar on December 6, you may recall that one expected development in 2014 would be a decision on whether the New York statute of...more