BofA Firrea Case in North Carolina Should Proceed, Justice Brief Says

April 14, 2014, 4:00 AM UTC

Bank of America Corp. shouldn’t win dismissal of claims under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act that it misled investors about the quality of $850 million in mortgage-backed securities, the Justice Department said in an April 10 filing in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (U.S. v. Bank of Am. Corp.).

A magistrate judge, who on March 27 recommended that the case be dismissed without giving the government the option to fix any defects 60 Banking Daily, 3/28/14, 60 DER EE-17, 3/28/14, 102 BBR 590, 4/1/14, ignored legal standards for bringing a lawsuit and ...

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