Countrywide settlement News

In Win for BofA, $8.5B Mortgage Settlement Sent Back to New York Court

Bank of America Corp. won a victory when a U.S. appeals court ruled that a proposed $8.5 billion settlement with investors in mortgage-backed securities should be reviewed in New York state court, not federal court. Bank of America, the nation’s …

BofA Mortgage Securities Case Still Winding Its Way Through Courts

Legal wrangling over the proposed $8.5 billion settlement of some of Bank of America Corp.’s mortgage-backed securities liability could drag through the courts for years, a top appeals court judge said during arguments in the case. The 2nd U.S. Court …

BofA’s Countrywide to Pay $335 Million to Settle Bias Case

Bank of America Corp.’s Countrywide Financial unit agreed on Wednesday to pay a record $335 million to settle civil charges that it discriminated against minority homebuyers, a historic settlement for the Obama administration in the wake of the subprime mortgage …

Bank of America Reaches Settlement in Countrywide Case

Bank of America Corp. has reached a settlement with former Countrywide Financial Corp. institutional investors who decided not to join a $624 million class-action case that won court approval in February. The terms of the accord were not disclosed in …