|
Defendant
|
Plaintiff
|
Court
|
Amount
|
Overview
|
Case Title
|
Case Number
|
Date Filed |
Date of Activity |
Link to Story |
| EMC Mortgage |
Syncora Guarantee Inc. |
Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York |
$52,000,000 |
Plaintiff seeks damages, alleging defendant didn’t conduct the promised due diligence and made materially false and misleading representations in order to get the bond insurer to cover the transaction. |
Syncora Guarantee Inc. v. EMC Mortgage LLC |
650420/2012 |
na |
Feb. 2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services |
State of Illinois |
na |
na |
Complaint filed. |
na |
na |
1/25/2012 |
1/25/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/MctLawsuitSpIll012512.asp |
| Wells Fargo Asset Securitization Corp., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Credit Suisse First Boston Securities Corp. |
The Union Central Life Insurance Co. |
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
na |
Settlement reached. |
The Union Central Life Insurance Company, et al. v. Credit Suisse First Boston Securities Corp., et al. |
na |
4/28/2011 |
Feb. 2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/WellsInvestigation050812.asp |
| American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. |
Sand Canyon Corp. |
Supreme Court of the State of New York |
|
Complaint filed alleging that defendant violated a cooperation agreement reached in 2008 when Option One’s servicing portfolio was acquired by American Home by providing easy access to file information for parties that are trying to make Sand Canyon repurchase mortgages. |
Sand Canyon Corporation, Plaintiff, – against – American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc., Defendant |
650504/2012 |
2/22/2012 |
2/22/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| Federal Housing Finance Agency |
Judicial Watch Inc. |
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia |
na |
Complaint filed alleging that defendant denied its Freedom of Information Act request for documents from the regulator’s lawsuit against 17 financial institutions. |
Judicial Watch Inc., 425 Third Street, SW, Suite 800, Washington, D.C., 2004, Plaintiff, v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, 1700 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20552, Defendant |
1:12-cv-00346 |
3/5/2012 |
3/5/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| Larry A Goldstone; Clarence G. Simmons III; Jane E. Starrett |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico |
na |
Complaint filed. |
Securities and Exchange Commission, Plaintiff, v. Larry A Goldstone, Clarence G. Simmons, III, and Jane E. Starrett, Defendants |
12-257 |
3/13/2012 |
3/13/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LawsuitThornburg031312.asp |
| Galante Holdings, TriMont Real Estate Advisors |
Angelo, Gordon & Co. |
NY appeals court |
$150,000,000 |
Stay upheld blocking sale of Las Vegas hotel. |
na |
na |
Dec. 2011 |
2/16/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Joseph Guernsey, Benedict “Gus” Olberding, Melissa Butterworth |
United States of America |
U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina |
$760,000 |
Defendants seek shorter sentences because lender sold fraudulent loan to MBS investors and lost nothing. |
na |
na |
na |
Feb. 2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/MctFraudMbs021912.asp |
| Kareem Serageldin, David Higgs, Faisal Siddiqii and Salmaan Siddiqui |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
2650000000 |
Defendants Higgs and Salmaan Siddiqui pleaded guilty. |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. KAREEM SERAGELDIN, DAVID HIGGS, FAISAL SIDDIQll and SALMAAN SIDDIQUI, Defendants |
12 CIV 0796 |
2/1/2012 |
2/1/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal030612.asp
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Ace Securities Corp. |
Phoenix Light SF Ltd. |
Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York |
$300,000,000 |
Complaint filed. |
Phoenix Light SF Limited, et al, v. Ace Securities Corp., et al |
650422/2012 |
2/14/2012 |
2/14/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Bank of America |
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin |
na |
$150,000,000 |
Subpoena issued to determine “what did the issuers know at the time of the sales and were the assets being priced truthfully.” |
na |
na |
na |
2/10/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp, www.mortgagedaily.com/SubpoenaBoaMass021112.asp |
| Bank of America Corp., Blackrock Inc., and trustee Bank of New York Mellon Corp. |
investors |
U.S. Appeals Court in Manhattan |
$8,500,000,000 |
Defendant asked appeals court to reverse a ruling that moved an MBS lawsuit from a state court in New York to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. |
Bank of New York Mellon v. Walnut Place LLC et al
|
11-4554 and 11-4571 |
na |
2/15/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Bank of America, Countrywide |
Allstate Corp. |
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California |
$700,000,000 |
Bank of America dismissed from case. |
na |
na |
na |
2/5/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Citigroup Inc. |
Loreley Financing |
na |
$965,000,000 |
Complaint filed. |
na |
na |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Countrywide Home Loans Inc., Countrywide Securities Corp. and Countrywide Financial Corp., Countrywide Home Loans Servicing L.P. and Bank of America Corp |
MBIA Insurance |
Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York |
$3,000,000,000 |
Plaintiff requested that judge force defendant to turn over an internal fraud-tracking database so it can prepare for motions for summary judgments. Pre-argument statement filed. |
MBIA Insurance v. Countrywide Home Loans Inc., Countrywide Securities Corp. and Countrywide Financial Corp., Countrywide Home Loans Servicing L.P. and Bank of American Corp |
602825-2008E |
na |
2/6/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| EMC Mortgage LLC, Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., |
Assured Guaranty Corp. |
Supreme Court of the State of New York |
na |
Complaint filed. |
Assured Guaranty Corp., Plaintiffs, – against – EMC Mortgage LLC (formerly know as EMC Mortgage Corporation), Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (formerly known as Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Defendants |
Index No. 650805/2012 |
3/15/2012 |
3/15/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
EMC Mortgage LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
|
Ambac Assurance Corp. |
Supreme Court of the State of New York |
$1,830,000,000 |
Complaint filed alleging defendant participated in deception. |
Ambac Assurance Corporation and the Segretated Account of Ambac Assurance Corporation, Plaintiffs, – against – EMC Mortgage LLC (formerly know as EMC Mortgage Corporation), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (formerly known as Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Defendants |
Index No. 651013/2012 |
3/30/2012 |
3/30/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| Flagstar Bank, FSB |
Assured Guaranty |
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
na |
Motion for summary judgment denied. |
Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. f/k/a Financial Security Assurance Inc., Plaintiff, -v- Flagstar Bank, FSB, Flagstar Capital Markets Corp., and Flagstar ABS LLC, Defendants |
1:11-cv-02375-JSR |
4/7/2011 |
2/29/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. |
Dodona I LLC |
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
na |
Motion to dismiss denied. |
Dodona I, LLC, Plaintiff, -against- Goldman, Sachs & Co. et al., Defendants |
1:10-cv-07497-VM-DCF |
9/30/2010 |
3/21/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi |
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
$698,000,000 |
Case will move forward as a class action. |
Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi v. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
09-01110 |
na |
Feb. 2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. – The Goldman Sachs Group |
Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP |
Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York |
na |
Lawsuit filed. |
Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP v. The Goldman Sachs Group |
na |
1/27/2012 |
1/27/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Greenwich Capital Markets, LaSalle Bank |
M&T Bank Corp. |
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York |
$500,000 |
Case dismissed. |
na |
na |
na |
2/10/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| HSBC |
National Credit Union Administration |
na |
$5,250,000 |
Settlement reached. The agreement resolves claims related to the sale of RMBS to five failed wholesale credit unions. |
na |
na |
na |
3/12/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| HSBC NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC., HSBC USA INC., HSBC MARKETS (USA) INC., HSBC BANK USA N.A., HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORP.,HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. |
DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL-GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK AG, |
Supreme Court of the State of New York |
$122,475,000 |
Plaintiff alleges that the offereings contained material misrepresentations and omissions. |
DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL-GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK AG, New York Branch, d/b/a DZ Bank AG, New York Branch, Plaintiff, -against- HSBC NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC.; HSBC USA INC., HSBC MARKETS (USA) INC., HSBC BANK USA, N.A., HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION, and HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. |
650303/2012 |
1/31/2012 |
1/31/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| in re Bear Stearns |
MBS investors |
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
|
Motion to dismiss was granted without prejudice “insofar as plaintiffs’ claims are premised on the alleged unreliability of the ratings of securities included in the investment pools.” But the motion to dismiss was denied in all other respects. |
IN RE BEAR STEARNS MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES LITIGATION |
Master File No. 08 Civ. 8093 |
na |
3/30/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
Principal Life Insurance Co. |
Supreme Court of the State of New York |
$95,467,743 |
Plaintiff filed suit over losses tied to issuances from the same vintages that were sponsored by EMC Mortgage Corp. and underwritten by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. |
Principal Life Insurance Co., et al., Plaintiffs, -against- JPMorgan Chase & Co., et al |
651017/2012 |
3/30/2012 |
3/30/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. and subsidiaries |
Deutsche Zentral |
Supreme Court of the State of New York |
$401,882,591 |
Plaintiff seeks judgment. |
DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL-GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK AG, et al., Plaintiff, -against- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., et al., Defendants |
650293/2012 |
1/31/2012 |
1/31/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. and subsidiaries |
Deutsche Zentral |
Supreme Court of the State of New York |
$157,966,000 |
Plaintiff seeks judgment. |
DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL-GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK AG, et al., Plaintiff, -against- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., et al., Defendants |
650616/2012 |
3/31/2012 |
3/31/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. and subsidiaries |
Deutsche Zentral |
Supreme Court of the State of New York |
$84,759,000 |
Plaintiff seeks judgment. |
DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL-GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK AG, et al., Plaintiff, -against- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., et al., Defendants |
651021/2012 |
3/31/2012 |
3/31/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bear Stearns & Co. and Washington Mutual Inc. |
Dexia SA |
na |
$1,700,000,000 |
Complaint filed. Plaintiff claims defendants misled investors. |
na |
na |
1/19/2012 |
1/19/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs012312.asp |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bear Stearns & Co. and Washington Mutual Inc. |
John Hancock Life Insurance |
New York state Supreme Court |
na |
Complaint filed. |
John Hancock Life Insurance Co. v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
650195/2012 |
1/23/2012 |
1/23/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs012312.asp |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORPORATION; J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, J.P. MORGAN ACCEPTANCE CORP |
Principal Life Insurance Co. |
Supreme Court of the State of New York |
$114,975,720 |
Plaintiff alleges that misrepresentations were made in offering materials for the 2006 and 2007 issuances by defendant. |
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, -against- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORPORATION; J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC (f/k/a J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.); and J.P. MORGAN ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION I Defendants |
650615/2012 |
3/1/2012 |
3/1/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| Morgan Stanley |
Bayerische Landesbank |
Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York |
$486,000,000 |
Defendant allegedly provided offering materials that indicated conservative underwriting standards were used. |
Bayerische Landesbank, New York Branch, Plaintiff, v. Morgan Stanley, et al |
650230/2012 |
1/25/2012 |
1/25/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Morgan Stanley |
Dexia SA/NV |
Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York |
$680,000,000 |
Settlement. |
Dexia SA/NV, et al, v. Morgan Stanley, et al |
650231/2012 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Residential Funding Company, LLC |
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
na |
Motions to dismiss granted “to a modest degree.” |
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. RESIDENTIAL FUNDING COMPANY, LLC |
11-30035-MAP, No. 11-30039-MAP., 11-30044-MAP, 11-30047-MAP, 11-30048-MAP, 11-30094-MAP, 11-30126-MAP, 11-30127-MAP, 11-30141-MAP |
na |
2/14/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs022012.asp |
| Robert A. DiGiorgio |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
na |
Count one of the motion to dismiss was denied, but judge granted a dismissal without prejudice on Count II alleging defendant made false statements in the prospectuses. |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. RADIUS CAPITAL CORP., ROBERT A. DIGIORGIO, Defendants |
2:11-cv-116-FtM-29DNF |
|
3/1/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| ROBERT A. SIRAVO, TODD M. LANE, ROBERT J. BURRELL, THOMAS E. SWEDBERG, TIMOTHY T. SIDLEY, ROBERT H. HARVEY, JR., WILLIAM CHENEY, GORDON DAMES, JAMES P. JORDAN, TIMOTHY KRAMER, ROBIN J. LENTZ, JOHN M. MERLO, WARREN NAKAMIJRA, BRIAN OSBERG, DAVID RHAMY and SHARON UPDIKE |
National Credit Union Administration Board as Conservator for Western Corporate Federal Credit Union |
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California |
na |
Plaintiff’s motion to dismiss amended counterclaims with leave to amend granted. Settlement reached with one defendant. |
National Credit Union Administration Board as Conservator for Western Corporate Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT A. SIRAVO, TODD M. LANE, ROBERT J. BURRELL, THOMAS E. SWEDBERG, TIMOTHY T. SIDLEY, ROBERT H. HARVEY, JR., WILLIAM CHENEY, GORDON DAMES, JAMES P. JORDAN, TIMOTHY KRAMER, ROBIN J. LENTZ, JOHN M. MERLO, WARREN NAKAMIJRA, BRIAN OSBERG, DAVID RHAMY and SHARON UPDIKE, defendants (originally filed as 1st Valley Credit Union, et al. v. Bland, et al.) |
2:2010-cv-01597 |
na |
3/12/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationInvestor032712.asp
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| Stanley C. Brooks |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
na |
$10,000,000 |
Defendant ordered to pay a penalty and interest for allegedly selling risky MBS to clients who sought conservative investments. |
na |
na |
na |
3/2/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationMbs043012.asp |
| Wells Fargo & Co. |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California |
$60,000,000 |
Court asked to compel defendant to produce documents. |
na |
na |
na |
3/23/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/MctLawsuitSecVsWells032612.asp |
| American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. |
Carrington Capital Management LLC |
Connecticut Superior Court Judicial District of Stamford |
na |
Settlement reached. |
CARRINGTON ASSET HOLDING COMPANY LLC, CARRINGTON INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLP, CARRINGTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, and STANWICH ASSET ACCEPTANCE COMPANY LLC, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING INC.
|
FST-CV-09-5010295-S |
2/10/2009 |
2/10/2012 |
www.mortgagedaily.com/AmericanHomeCorrespondent021712.asp |
