- New Jersey Condominium Association files a complaint alleging that the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) breached its contracts by failing to pay flood insurance benefits for damage from Hurricane Sandy.
- The US Supreme Court justices are reviewing an Eleventh Circuit decision that allows second-mortgage liens to disappear for Chapter 7 debtors when the first mortgage is undersecured. The justices expressed concern in letting this happen.
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. suit against RBS Securities Inc. for $140 million over residential mortgage-backed securities is dismissed as time-barred under recent US Supreme Court ruling in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger.
- UBS Americas Inc. has settled confidentially with Capital Ventures International over alleged $109 million of risky mortgage-backed securities.
