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S&P Settles Claims for Over 1 Billion Dollars

Summary: S&P has settled claims stemming from the financial crisis with the Justice Department, many of the individual states, and other…

Jefferies Group LLC, MBS Fraud, and Arrests

Jefferies Group LLC is an American global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered on Madison Avenue in New York.…

JPMorgan Adds to its Litigation Reserve by More Than $1.5 Billion

JPMorgan is the largest bank by asset holdings in the United States. The firm has recently increased its reserve allocated…

S&P’s First Amendment Defense in Mortgage Backed Security Ratings Case Rejected by Federal Court

When the bubble burst on the housing market, it triggered a chain reaction in part because of mortgage backed securities…