During the current bank failure wave more banks have failed in Georgia than in any other state. For that reason, the recent dismissal motion ruling in the first failed bank case the FDIC filed involving a failed Georgia bank takes on a heightened level of significance. Northern District of Georgia Judge Steve C. Jones’s February
Cornerstone: What the FDIC’s Failed Bank Lawsuits So Far Tell Us
Even as the number of bank failures now appears to be winding down, the FDIC’s failed bank litigation filings seem to just be ramping up. With now 21 lawsuits filed as part of the current wave of bank failures, it may be possible to try to make some generalizations about the lawsuits so far. In
“No Judge Has Ever Said ‘Boy, Can That Guy Turn a Phrase'”
Recent sharply-worded accusations that the FDIC had failed to preserve documents attracted quite a bit of media attention. For example, a January 27, 2012 Wall Street Journal article reported the charges of counsel for two former IndyMac bank executives, repeating counsel’s remarks accusing the agency of a “stunning display of incompetence” for failing to preserve documents. Counsel made
FDIC Sues Former Officers of Failed California Bank
In its latest failed bank lawsuit, the FDIC, in its capacity as receiver of the failed County Bank of Merced, California, has filed a complaint against five former officer of the bank. The FDIC’s complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on January 27, 2012, just short
FDIC’s Latest Failed Bank Lawsuit Includes D&O Insurer Defendant
In the FDIC’s latest lawsuit filed in its role as receiver of a failed bank, the FDIC not only named as defendants nineteen former directors and officers of the failed bank, but also included as defendants seventeen of their spouses and the failed bank’s D&O insurer. A copy of the FDIC’s January 18, 2012 complaint
The Latest FDIC Failed Bank Lawsuit
On December 29, 2011, in what appears to have been the final year-end step as the FDIC ramped up its failed bank litigation activity during 2011, the FDIC filed a civil lawsuit in the Western District of North Carolina in is capacity as receiver of The Bank of Ashville, of Ashville, North Carolina, against seven
A Closer Look at the WaMu FDIC Settlement
The well-publicized settlement this past week of the FDIC’s lawsuit against three former officers of the failed WuMu bank was widely reported as having a value of $64.7 million. A closer look at the parties’ December 15, 2011 settlement agreement reveals some interesting details about the settlement, including the specifics of how the FDIC came
Corporate Officers Held Not Entitled to Business Judgment Rule Protection Under California Law
A federal court has denied the motion of former IndyMac CEO Matthew Perry to dismiss the action that the FDIC, as the failed bank’s receiver, had filed against him. In a December 13, 2011 order (here), Central District of California Judge Otis D. Wright II held that under California law the business judgment
Two Questions: Bank Closures Winding Down? FDIC WaMu Lawsuit Settled?
Whether the process is just winding down for the year or the process is actually winding down for good, the bank closure rate has recently fallen off dramatically. The FDIC has not taken over any banks for three weeks straight, with no bank closure at all so far during the month of December. And there
FDIC Motion to Intervene in IndyMac D&O Coverage Litigation Denied
In a November 30, 2011 order (here), Central District of California Judge R. Gary Klausner has denied the motion of the FDIC as receiver of the failed IndyMac Bank to intervene in a declaratory judgment action involving IndyMac’s D&O insurance. The FDIC sought to intervene because of its interest in recovering under the