Author: admin

A copy of the First Circuit’s order applying its Montilla decision saying FHFA is not a government actor to the Sisti case on which Judge Sweeney relied is available at http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/20-2025P-01A.pdf at…

The First Circuit has concluded in Montilla v. Fannie Mae that FHFA is not a government actor.  A copy of yesterday’s decision is available at http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/20-1673P-01A.pdf at no charge.

Debra Brown, Esq., at Brown & Associates LLC in Beverly, Mass., asked the First Circuit for permission yesterday to file a tardy amicus brief addressing two cases not brought to…

Judge Lamberth entered an order this afternoon giving Treasury until June 22 to respond to the sealed discovery request Fairholme filed on May 26, and a copy of that order…

Treasury wants an additional three weeks to respond to the sealed motion filed in Judge Lamberth’s court on May 18.  Fairholme’s given its consent to the extension request.  Treasury discloses…

The parties want Judge Lamberth to convene a status conference for the purpose of extending the litigation schedule for shareholders’ contract claims.  The parties tell Judge Lamberth the U.S. Supreme…

Fannie/Freddie Consolidated Class Action As yesterday’s deadline to complete discovery drew near, Fairholme delivered a motion, memorandum, appendix and proposed order to Judge Lamberth, asking him to do something.  Because…

This time last year, housing industry insiders were predicting that the market would collapse under the weight of the pandemic. The opposite happened. Even as the economy suffered its worst…

The First Circuit heard oral argument in the Sisti, Boss and Montilla cases yesterday about FHFA’s status as a government actor, and audio recordings of those proceedings are available at http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/20-2025.mp3 and http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/files/audio/20-1673.mp3 at…

Fairholme v. U.S. The litigating shareholders delivered a 900-page appendix to the Federal Circuit Friday providing an orderly collection of Judge Sweeney’s orders, shareholder complaints, and key correspondence, reports, deposition…