GSE Shareholders See Bright Spot In Recent Legal Developments
April 29, 2016
Recent legal developments bode well for GSE shareholder lawsuits, according to one of the attorneys involved in the Perry Capital LLC v. Lew et al case where shareholders question the validity of the Treasury sweep of the profits of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.The D.C. Circuit Court heard oral arguments in the case on April 15 before three federal judges. The oral arguments took place as part of the appeal of the Fairholme Funds case dismissal in 2014, in which investors argued that the Treasury sweep violated the Housing and Economic Recovery Act. Hamish Hume, partner with Boies Schiller & Flexner, who argued before the panel of judges, said...