In re GSE Bonds Antitrust Litigation

  1. June 16, 2020

    Judge OKs $77M Fees In Fannie, Freddie Bond Price-Fix Suits

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday approved a $77.3 million award for Lowey Dannenberg PC and Scott & Scott LLP for their roles as co-lead counsel in five class action settlements resolving claims of a price-rigging scheme for bonds issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

  2. December 17, 2019

    Banks Settle Fannie, Freddie Bond Price-Fix Suits For $337M

    More than a dozen banks have reached settlements totaling $337 million to resolve investors' claims in New York federal court that the financial institutions rigged the prices of bonds issued by mortgage lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

  3. November 20, 2019

    Freddie, Fannie Bond Buyers Seek Cert. In Price-Rigging Suit

    Days after announcing a third settlement in the litigation, buyers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds asked a New York federal judge for class certification in their antitrust suit against Bank of America, JPMorgan and other banking behemoths.

  4. November 15, 2019

    Goldman Sachs To Exit Bond Price-Fixing Suit With $20M Deal

    Investors who targeted big banks with bond price-fixing claims have nabbed a third settlement in the sprawling litigation, telling a New York federal judge Thursday that they've reached a $20 million deal with Goldman Sachs.

  5. October 16, 2019

    Banks Must Face Bond Price-Fixing Suit Post-Deutsche Deal

    A New York federal judge ruled Tuesday that banks he'd previously dismissed from a bond price-fixing lawsuit cannot escape claims again in light of information investors gleaned from a settlement with Deutsche Bank.

  6. September 24, 2019

    New Claims Tie Banks To Bond Price-Fixing, Court Told

    Investors have asked a New York federal court to keep alive their bond price-fixing claims against several big banks, saying the banks barely tried to challenge new evidence of their culpability in the alleged scheme.

  7. September 18, 2019

    New Evidence Can't Save Bond Price-Fixing Suit, Banks Say

    The banks that were bounced from a bond price-fixing lawsuit this month said Tuesday that new evidence the investors gleaned from a settlement with Deutsche Bank does not save the investors' amended claims against them.

  8. September 12, 2019

    Deutsche Bank's $15M Deal Is 1st In Bond Price-Fixing Suit

    Investors alleging major banks conspired to fix prices for bonds issued by Fannie Mae and other government-sponsored enterprises told a New York federal court that they have their first settlement, unveiling a $15 million deal with Deutsche Bank that includes compliance and cooperation provisions.

  9. September 03, 2019

    Many Banks Beat Price-Fix Suit, For Now, But Several Remain

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday bounced more than a dozen major banks from a bond price-fixing lawsuit, but kept several others including Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, saying a "rare smoking gun" pointed to wrongdoing on the part of the financial giants.

  10. July 23, 2019

    Banks' Atty Bets 'Daughter's College Tuition' In Price-Fix Suit

    Defense counsel for a group of major banks facing a bond price-fixing lawsuit told a Manhattan federal court on Tuesday that he was so confident in his dismissal bid that he's willing to put his child's education on the line.

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