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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

April 6, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

HSBC facing suit for breaching its duties as trustee for 271 residential mortgage-backed securities trusts. The US Supreme Court considered whether debtors should have an absolute right to appeal denial of proposed bankruptcy plan after three circuit courts have found … Continue reading

April 1, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Lottery Allocations and Games for Public Rental Apartments, by Zhan Wang, Jinpeng Ma, & Hongwei Zhang, March 1, 2015. Wages, Housing Prices and Commutes, by Tom Mayock, Real Estate Economics, Forthcoming. Financial Literacy, Broker-Borrower Interaction, and Mortgage Default, by James … Continue reading

March 30, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

New Jersey Condominium Association files a complaint alleging that the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) breached its contracts by failing to pay flood insurance benefits for damage from Hurricane Sandy. The US Supreme Court justices are reviewing an Eleventh … Continue reading

March 25, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Regional Redistribution Through the U.S. Mortgage Market, by Erik Hurst, Benjamin J. Keys, Amit Seru and Joseph Vavra, NBER Working Paper No. w21007. Will the Bubble Burst Be Revisited, by P.D. Aditya, March 8, 2015. Data & Civil Rights: Housing … Continue reading

March 23, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Court denies US Bank’s opportunity to revive suit against Citigroup over hundreds of millions of dollars in mortgage-backed securities sold during the financial crisis. IL court refuses to dismiss suit against Bank of America over lowering underwriting standards for borrowers … Continue reading

March 9, 2015

How Housing Matters

By David Reiss

The Urban Law Institute, with support from the MacArthur Foundation, has launched a web portal devoted to housing, How Housing Matters. According to the website, the Foundation selected the Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Housing to create and curate … Continue reading

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Shareholders of Deutsche Bank petitioned for cert to the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the standard for a claim for pleading a fraudulent claim under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 following the Second Circuit tossing their suit … Continue reading