June 15, 2016
The Blue Ridge mountain hamlet of Buena Vista, Virginia, is in danger of having its City Hall, police headquarters and municipal golf course seized for defaulting on its debt. The city, with 6,600 residents, has failed for more than a …
July 9, 2015
An insurance company says Buena Vista, Virginia, could face foreclosure on its city hall and police department if a bond debt isn’t paid. The Roanoke Times reports that ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. sent a letter on Tuesday to City Council …
May 7, 2015
New York’s top state court on Thursday revived a bond insurer’s $120 million lawsuit claiming Goldman Sachs Group Inc lied about a pool of securities backed by subprime mortgages during the period leading up the financial crisis. The New York …
March 27, 2015
ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. urged New York’s top court to reinstate a suit accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of conspiring to force it to insure an investment that led to a $550 million settlement with regulators. Goldman failed to disclose …
April 25, 2012
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. must defend fraud claims brought by a bond insurance company over its notorious Abacus mortgage product deal, a New York state judge ruled, but she decided that the investment bank did not unjustly enrich itself. In …