Category Archives: loss causation
A.I.G. and Countrywide Go Head-to-Head Over Mortgage Insurance Coverage
The battle of the titans has begun. As reported by Reuters on Friday, both A.I.G. and Countrywide have now sued one another over who will bear the losses on a $1 billion pool of subprime mortgage loans. Countrywide fired the … Continue reading
New Class Action Targets Former AIG CEO Cassano
Courthouse News Service reports that a new shareholders derivative complaint has been filed in the Chancery Court in Delaware against former American International Group Financial Products (AIG-FG) CEO and president Joseph Cassano for allegedly driving AIG to ruin by losing … Continue reading
Plaintiffs Survive Motions to Dismiss in Major Subprime Class Actions Against New Century and Countrywide
The American Lawyer has reported that two important rulings were handed down earlier this month in the United States District Court in Los Angeles denying motions to dismiss class actions against former mortgage behemoths Countrywide and New Century. The Countrywide … Continue reading
