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  • CTFC issues $200K penalty against Morgan Stanley

    By Stephanie Ostrowski |
    WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney violated CFTC regulations by failing to diligently supervise employee handling of customer accounts, according to an order issued Monday by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

  • Funds from lending settlement being spent

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced the distribution on Friday of $1.75 million worth of payments from Sand Canyon, an H&R Block Inc. subsidiary, as part of a settlement to resolve discriminatory lending allegations.

  • SEC sues Malaysian fund adviser

    By Michael P. Tremoglie |
    NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday sued a Malaysian investment adviser, alleging it billed a U.S. registered fund for advisory services that it did not provide.

  • Facebook sued over IPO

    By Michael P. Tremoglie |
    NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The premier social networking utility, Facebook, is being sued by shareholders.

  • SEC files FCPA complaint against former Morgan Stanley exec

    By Michael P. Tremoglie |
    WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint in federal court Wednesday alleging a former executive at Morgan Stanley with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

  • Mass. AG wants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to modify home loans

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Friday that she has sent a letter urging Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to engage in principal forgiveness and loan modifications for homeowners.

  • Coakley settlement worth $52 million

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a $52 million settlement on Monday with RBS Financial Products Inc. to settle allegations that it financed, purchased and securitized presumptively unfair residential loans.

  • N.J. AG's worries in $6.5M settlement not persuasive, judge says

    By John O'Brien |
    Dow NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has denied New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow's objection to a $6.5 million settlement reached with financial services provider Morgan Stanley in a class action lawsuit.

  • N.J. AG objects to Morgan Stanley's $6.5M settlement

    By John O'Brien |
    NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow has a problem with financial services firm Morgan Stanley's proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit that alleges bid-rigging.

  • Nev. AG announces settlement with Morgan Stanley

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Masto LAS VEGAS (Legal Newsline) -- Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced Tuesday that her office filed an Assurance of Discontinuance with Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings.

  • Feds sue over losses to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Masto WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Federal Housing Finance Authority on Friday filed lawsuits against 17 financial institutions to recover losses to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

  • Schneiderman removed from mortgage deal committee

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been removed from an executive committee negotiating a nationwide foreclosure settlement with the country's top lenders.

  • Report: Liability releases holding up mortgage deal

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Schneiderman WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A deal with the country's top mortgage servicers is reportedly being held up over liability releases.

  • Schneiderman questions $8.5B BoA deal

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, as part of his own ongoing investigation into the mortgage industry, now is questioning an $8.5 billion deal between Bank of America and more than a dozen investment firms.

  • Report: N.Y. AG's probe of mortgage industry growing

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has reportedly expanded his probe of the mortgage industry, now requesting documents from a handful of financial institutions that act as trustees for mortgage bond trusts.

  • Report: N.Y. AG seeks info from Wall Street giants

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is reportedly meeting with and seeking records from Wall Street banking giants Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

  • ARS settlement worth $338M

    By Bryan Cohen |
    Dow NEWARK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow announced on Thursday that the state has signed final consent orders with two investment firms to repurchase over $338 million in auction rate securities.

  • Coakley proposes foreclosure legislation

    By Keith Loria |
    Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Thursday that she has filed new legislation in an attempt to set standards and mandate loan modifications for banks to help fight the mortgage foreclosure crisis.

  • Morgan Stanley settlement worth $102M

    By Keith Loria |
    Coakley BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on Thursday that she has reached a $102 million settlement with a top investment company over alleged subprime loan violations.

  • McGraw names alleged conspirators in bid-rigging lawsuit

    By John O'Brien |
    McGraw NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw filed an amended complaint in a bid-rigging lawsuit against Bank of America Tuesday, adding 24 new defendants.