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Bank of America employee pleads guilty
A Bank of America employee has admitted to helping drug traffickers launder millions of dollars. Presiliano Garcia, 33, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to misprision of […]
Bank of America grants for nonprofits
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded $161,500 in grants to 12 local nonprofits that help strengthen the Rochester community by playing a critical role in connecting Rochester’s high […]
BofA pays $7.65M to resolve inquiry
NEW YORK (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission said Bank of America will pay $7.65 million to settle allegations that it overstated how much capital it had on its […]
BofA paying $772M over selling credit card extras
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bank of America Corp. is paying $772 million in fines and refunds to settle regulators’ accusations that it misled customers who bought extra credit-card products and illegally […]
Judge OKs $8.5B Bank of America settlement
ALBANY — A New York judge on Friday approved most of the $8.5 billion Bank of America settlement over investor losses from mortgage-backed securities, concluding that trustee Bank of New […]
Schneiderman: Two banks violated mortgage accord
ALBANY — New York’s attorney general on Monday accused Wells Fargo and Bank of America of violating the terms of last year’s national mortgage settlement by failing to process hundreds […]
BofA to settle mortgage investors’ class-action
NEW YORK — Bank of America has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by investors who bought mortgage investments from Countrywide Financial, the California-based lender it acquired in 2008. […]
Bank forum on avoiding foreclosure
Representatives from Bank of America will be in Rochester for two days this week to meet with customers facing financial difficulties with their home loans. Bank of America customers seeking […]
BofA mortgage fraud lawsuit tops $1 billion
NEW YORK — The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan sued Bank of America for more than $1 billion on Wednesday for mortgage fraud against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during […]
Bank of America, others say housing has ‘begun to turn’
NEW YORK — For banks, mortgage-making kept profits humming before the financial crisis, then blackened reputations and stamped out earnings when the crisis hit. Now, the business of mortgage lending […]
Bank of America bad-loan provisions at 2007 level
NEW YORK — Bank of America said Thursday that it set aside less money to cover bad loans in the first three months of the year than it has since […]
Bank of America to reduce loans for homeowners
NEW YORK — Bank of America is providing mortgage relief to about 200,000 homeowners. Homeowners that qualify are those whose home values have fallen below what they owe on their […]
Case Digests
- Court of Appeals – Criminal possession of a weapon: People v. Burgess
- Second Circuit – Conflict of laws: Maritime Law Matter of the Complaint of Verplanck Fire District
- Fourth Department – Long-arm jurisdiction: McInnis v. A.O. Smith Water Products, et al.
- Fourth Department – Right to counsel: People v. Maull
- Court of Appeals – Vehicle stop: People v. Ehinmiakhena
- Fourth Department – Child neglect: Matter of Akeem M.
- Fourth Department – Request to proceed pro se: People v. Love
- Fourth Department – Zoning: Kotary v. Town of Floyd
- Fourth Department – Aggravated driving while intoxicated: People v. Joyner-Pounds
- Fourth Department – Murder: People v. Jones
- Fourth Department – Child visitation: Hoover v. Ester
Law News
- Lawsuit claims Chili man was cheated out of home equity
- Appeals court affirms custody issue, but reverses $18,000 sanction
- NY appeals court reverses child custody decision, remits case to Family Court
- Donald Chesworth retires after distinguished legal career
- Lawsuit accuses Rochester police of property damage during search
- Five attorneys honored by Monroe County Bar Association
- Split NY appeals court affirms manslaughter conviction
- Fourth Department rules ‘law office failure’ does not excuse late filing
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