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The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Tuesday, including Watters v. Wachovia Bank , where the Court held that the National Bank Act and regulations...

The federal trial of a lawsuit launched by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenging the constitutionality of two laws passed by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania that make it more difficult...

Jackson Chin : "This federal lawsuit raises novel issues of law, e.g., whether municipal ordinances that seek to regulate and punish business and property...

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) filed a notice of charges Monday against three former Fannie Mae executives over their role in fraudulently reporting future earnings so that...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Massachusetts v. EPA , 05-1120, a case where 12 states and several environmental groups are challenging an Environmental...

Government-sponsored mortgage dealer Fannie Mae announced Thursday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has discontinued its two-year investigation into alleged accounting violations, though criminal prosecutions could still be brought against individual...

The US Supreme Court on Monday announced it would hear a second case challenging the constitutionality of the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 . The court granted certiorari in Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood...

Regulators at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) have announced a $400 million settlement with the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae ....

In the Matter of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Federal Election Commission, April 18, 2006 [conciliation agreement to pay a $3.8 million fine to settle accusations that Freddie Mac directly raised campaign funds for members of Congress in violation of...

The Federal Election Commission on Tuesday announced that mortgage corporation Freddie Mac has agreed to pay a $3.8 million fine to settle accusations that it directly raised campaign funds for...