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18 Apr 2012, 9:15 am by Mandelman
  These are the “toxic assets” that then Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was planning to buy with the TARP funds… until he realized that banks wouldn’t sell them at a discount, and that it would be political suicide for him to buy them at face value. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 4:41 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer available including: Health Plans Should Act Quickly To Prepare Affordable Care Act Required Summary of Benefits & Communications & Update Other Health Plan Communications  Small Employers Should Evaluate Eligibility For Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Health Plan BCBST To Pay $1.5 Million In 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Breach Report March 21 New Deadline To Comment On Proposal To Extend Minimum Wage, Overtime Rules To In Home… [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 7:40 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer available including: New Labor Department Retaliation Guidance Reminder Of Retailiation Risks HR Key Player In Managing Countrywide & Other US Discrimination Exposures Senator Tells IRS To Fix Proposed Health Care Exchange Premium Tax Credit Regulations Labor Department Proposes Changing Minimum Wage & Overtime Rules For Home Caregivers, Keeps Heat On Health Care Employers IRS Urges Preparers to Renew PTINs for 2012 OFCCP Proposed Increased… [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 12:44 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer available including: New Labor Department Retaliation Guidance Reminder Of Retailiation Risks HR Key Player In Managing Countrywide & Other US Discrimination Exposures Senator Tells IRS To Fix Proposed Health Care Exchange Premium Tax Credit Regulations Labor Department Proposes Changing Minimum Wage & Overtime Rules For Home Caregivers, Keeps Heat On Health Care Employers IRS Urges Preparers to Renew PTINs for 2012 OFCCP Proposed Increased… [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 7:39 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Sullivan University System, Inc. learned the hard way that U.S employers that misclassify workers as independent contractors, as exempt for wage and hour law purposes or otherwise increasingly risk investigation and enforcement from federal and state agencies targeting perceived misclassification abuses. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 10:53 am
The investigation resulted in findings that the FHA insurance fund was defrauded by the bank and Countrywide through a practice of originating mortgage loans for real estate with inflated appraisals and making loans to unqualified borrowers. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 10:46 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer available including: OSHA $1Million Award Against AirTran Airways Highlights Retaliation Risks HHS Chides Trustmark Life Insurance Company For “Excessive” Health Premium Increases After Affordable Care Act Rate Audit Labor Department Final Rule Defines Recreation Vehical For Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act Portion of Health Care Costs Paid By Government Programs Rose As Employer Provided & Other Private Health Care Coverage Declined… [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 4:49 pm
Last week, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced a settlement involving claims against Bank of America, Countrywide Financial Corporation, as well as certain Countrywide subsidiaries and affiliates, for underwriting and origination mortgage fraud. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 8:31 pm
Bank of America has agreed to pay $1 billion to resolve allegations that the Bank, through Countrywide Financial Corporation and some of its subsidiaries and affiliates, engaged in underwriting and origination mortgage fraud. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 8:00 pm by A. Brian Albritton
"   Additionally, the False Claims Act investigation also encompassed "allegations that the bank and Countrywide defrauded the FHA insurance fund by originating mortgage loans that were based upon inflated appraisals. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 4:25 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A million dollar plus backpay award announced by the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) reminds U.S. employer of the growing importance of taking steps to manage whistleblower and other retaliation claims when dealing with employees who have reported possible safety, discrimination or other activities protected under Federal or state whistleblower or other anti-retaliation laws. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 6:55 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Filed under: Corporate Compliance, Employers, Fair Labor Standards Act, Human Resources, Internal Controls, Internal Investigations, Wage & Hour Tagged: Employment, Longshore, Occupational Injury, workers compensation [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 12:58 am by Kevin LaCroix
In at least two cases, Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation (about which refer here) and Blackstone Corporate (here), appellate courts reversed the dismissals granted in the lower courts. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 9:42 am by Irene
  In the Countrywide case, details of the unscrupulous arrangement are buried deep (page 10 of the 17-page settlement) in the court document where Bank of America’s Countrywide Financial Corporation agrees to pay to resolve allegations that it discriminated against qualified black and Hispanic borrowers. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 3:24 am by Broc Romanek
" This is the same court that on page one of its decision said: "We need not address SVIP's argument that the court below erred by not equating "funds legally available" with the definition of statutory surplus under the Delaware General Corporation Law. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 12:33 am by Kevin LaCroix
If the Countrywide, Wachovia bondholders and Lehman offering underwriters’ settlements are removed from the equation, the average settlement drops to about $74.7 million. [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 4:53 pm
On December 21, 2011 the United States Department of Justice filed a complaint against Bank of America units Countrywide Financial Corporation and Countrywide Home Loans Inc. in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging Countrywide engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination against borrowers on the basis of race and national origin. [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 11:20 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer available including: New Labor Department Retaliation Guidance Reminder Of Retailiation Risks HR Key Player In Managing Countrywide & Other US Discrimination Exposures Senator Tells IRS To Fix Proposed Health Care Exchange Premium Tax Credit Regul [read post]
26 Dec 2011, 5:25 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
U.S employers that misclassify workers as independent contractors, as exempt for wage and hour law purposes or otherwise increasingly risk investigation and enforcement from federal and state agencies targeting perceived misclassification abuses. [read post]