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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

November 21, 2014

Does Morningstar Speak with Forked Tongue?

By David Reiss

Morningstar Credit Ratings, a small Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (albeit a subsidiary of Morningstar, the large investment research firm), has issued a Structured Credit Ratings Commentary on Rating Shopping in Asset Securitization Markets. It finds that Rating shopping is … Continue reading →

June 10, 2014

Subprime Scriveners

By David Reiss

Milan Markovic has posted Subprime Scriveners to SSRN. The abstract reads, Although mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and other financial products that nearly caused the collapse of the global financial system could not have been issued without attorneys, the legal profession’s role … Continue reading →