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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

June 19, 2013

The Devil is in the Statute of Limitations

By David Reiss

NY Supreme Court Justice Kornreich (N.Y. County) issued an opinion ACE Securities Corp. v. DB Structured Products Inc., No. 650980/2012 (May 13, 2013) that diverges in approach from an earlier SDNY opinion as to whether the statute of limitations runs … Continue reading

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May 30, 2013

Standard & Poor Puffery

By David Reiss

The Department of Justice filed its opposition to S&P’s Motion to Dismiss the federal government’s FIRREA lawsuit.  At this stage of the litigation, it appears as if the key issue is whether S&P’s alleged misrepresentations about its business practices are … Continue reading

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May 9, 2013

FIRREA Flies

By David Reiss

Law360 interviewed me about the federal government’s continuing reliance on FIRREA in Prosecutors Get Last Laugh In $1B BofA Fraud Case (behind a paywall): A controversial legal theory at the heart of a $1 billion mortgage fraud suit against Bank … Continue reading

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May 7, 2013

Reiss on FIRREA!

By David Reiss

Law360 quoted me in a story, Rakoff Ruling In $1B BofA Case May Halt DOJ Hot Streak, that reflects some judicial skepticism about the federal government’s broad reading of FIRREA: Prosecutors have seized on an obscure 1989 law to launch … Continue reading

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