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Former IndyMac CEO settles subprime securities lawsuit

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 31 2012

Michael Perry, the former CEO of failed IndyMac Bank, has reached a settlement to resolve a subprime related securities lawsuit filed against him for $5.5 million

Second Circuit upholds denial of class certification in mortgage-backed securities cases

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2012

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision denying class certification to a class of investors in a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs & Co, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, UBS Securities LLC, Residential Capital LLC, as well as other banks, on the grounds that fact-specific issues pertaining to each plaintiff outweighed common issues shared by potential class members

Plaintiffs abandon California subprime suit against Countrywide

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2012

Ten plaintiff-investors filed a stipulation of dismissal to drop their California lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corporation

Stanford found guilty on charges of fraud and conspiracy

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2012

On March 6, 2012, three years after R. Allen Stanford was indicted for fraud, a federal jury returned a verdict against Stanford with regard to a $7 billion Ponzi scheme involving nearly 30,000 investors worldwide

Class certification granted in MBS action against Goldman Sachs

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 6 2012

A 150-plus investor class has been certified by the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York in a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs surrounding its marketing of certain mortgage-backed securities

Goldman Sachs faces up to $16 billion in MBS lawsuits

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2011

In a November 9, 2011 regulatory filing with the SEC, Goldman Sachs acknowledged that it is facing several lawsuits seeking more than $15.8 billion in damages in connection with now soured mortgage-backed securities (MBS) that Goldman bought, sold or underwrote

Judge Grills SEC enforcement division over $285 million Citigroup mortgage settlement

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2011

During a November 9, 2011 hearing, Federal District Court Judge Jed Rakoff voiced significant concerns with regard to the $285 million settlement agreed to by Citigroup and the SEC over the bank's sale of mortgage-related securities

Washington Mutual executives agree to settle securities suit

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 31 2011

In a securities suit against former Washington Mutual (WaMu) directors and officers alleging misstatements surrounding the company's problems in its mortgage lending business, plaintiffs have asked a U.S. District Court in Seattle to approve a $41.5 million settlement