On April 30, 2015, the New York Court of Appeals heard oral argument in a mortgage-backed securities-related case in which the court must consider when the statute of limitations begins to run for claims of breach of contractual representations and warranties. The range of possible outcomes of the case include an interpretation of the statute
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RBS Settles Harborview MBS Securities Suit for $275 Million
In a reminder that litigation from the credit crisis is still kicking around and that there are still some significant credit crisis cases that are yet to be resolved, Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to settle the Harborview Mortgage-Backed Securities litigation for a payment of $275 million dollars. The settlement is subject to documentation …
Countywide MBS Securities Suit Settles for $500 Million
In what is the largest settlement so far of an mortgage-backed securities class action lawsuit filed as part of the subprime and credit-crisis securities litigation wave, the parties to the consolidated Countrywide mortgage-backed securities suit pending in the Central District of California have agreed to settle the litigation for $500 million. The settlement is subject…
Second Circuit Hands Subprime Mortgage-Backed Securities Plaintiffs Substantial Standing Victory
Many of the toxic mortgage-backed securities that were a key part of the subprime mortgage meltdown were sold in multiple separate offerings based on the same shelf registration statement but separate prospectuses. Each separate offering included multiple securities at varying tranches of seniority and subordination. In the litigation following the subprime meltdown, defendants in suits…