January 26, 2015
Are Billions Enough?
Jenner & Block has issued the Citi Monitorship First Report. By way of background, The Settlement Agreement resolved potential federal and state legal claims for violations of law in connection with the packaging, marketing, sale, structuring, arrangement, and issuance of … Continue reading
January 26, 2015 in 2014 | Permalink | No Comments
November 5, 2014
GSE Nationalization and Necessity
Nestor Davidson has posted Nationalization and Necessity: Takings and a Doctrine of Economic Emergency to SSRN. This essay will be of interest to those following the Fannie/Freddie shareholder litigation. The abstract reads, Serious economic crises have recurred with regularity throughout … Continue reading
November 5, 2014 in 2014 | Permalink | No Comments
October 1, 2014
Big Decision in GSE Litigation
Regular readers of this blog know that I have written a lot about the shareholder suits arising from the conservatorships of Fannie and Freddie. One of the main cases is being presided over by Judge Lamberth in the District Court … Continue reading
October 1, 2014 in 2014 | Permalink | No Comments
August 27, 2014
Reiss on FIRREA Storm
Law360 quoted me in Bold 10th Circ. Opinion Muddies FIRREA Challenges. The article opens, The Tenth Circuit last week gave a strong argument as to why a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision has no bearing on one federal agency’s ability … Continue reading
August 27, 2014 in 2014 | Permalink | No Comments
August 1, 2014
FHFA Wins on “Actual Knowledge”
Judge Cote issued an Opinion and Order in Federal Housing Finance Agency v. HSBC North America Holdings Inc., et al. (11-cv-06189 July 25, 2014). The opinion and order granted the FHFA’s motion for partial summary judgment concerning whether Fannie and … Continue reading
August 1, 2014 in 2014 | Permalink | No Comments
