Countrywide Wants Judge To Boot Insurers' MBS Claims

Law360, Los Angeles (June 13, 2012, 9:41 PM ET) -- Countrywide Financial Corp. asked a California federal judge Wednesday to dismiss allegations in multidistrict litigation that it misled two insurer investors by failing to properly transfer title to properties backing up hundreds of millions in toxic mortgage-backed securities.

Attorneys for Countrywide, former CEO Angelo Mozilo and Countrywide-buyer Bank of America Corp. asked U.S. District Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer to dismiss twin lawsuits brought by National Integrity Life Insurance Co. and Western & Southern Life Insurance Co., saying allegations remaining after she dismissed Securities Act of 1933...
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Case Information

Case Title

In Re Countrywide Financial Corp Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation

Court

California Central

Nature of Suit

Securities/Commodities

Case Number

2:11-ml-02265

Judge

Mariana R. Pfaelzer

Law360 Coverage

Date Filed

August 30, 2011


Case Title

Western and Southern Life Insurance Company et al v. Countrywide Financial Corp. et al

Court

California Central

Nature of Suit

Securities/Commodities

Case Number

2:11-cv-07166

Judge

Mariana R. Pfaelzer

Law360 Coverage

Date Filed

August 30, 2011


Case Title

National Integrity Life Insurance Company v. Countrywide Financial Corp. et al

Court

California Central

Nature of Suit

Securities/Commodities

Case Number

2:11-cv-09889

Judge

Mariana R. Pfaelzer

Law360 Coverage

Date Filed

November 29, 2011

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