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Central District of California Dismisses FDIC’s Federal and State Securities Claims In Connection With RMBS Purchases

On August 26, Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer of the U.S. District Court for the Central District Court of California dismissed with prejudice a suit brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) against Countrywide Securities Corporation, Countrywide Financial Corporation, Bank of America Corporation, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.  In its amended complaint, the FDIC alleged that the offering documents for eight RMBS certificates that Guaranty Bank purchased between July 2005 and April 2006 contained material misstatements in violation of Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Article 581-33 of the Texas Securities Act.  It also brought claims under Section 15 of the 33 Act against Countrywide.  The FDIC was appointed as receiver for Guaranty Bank in August 2009 and filed suit on August 17, 2012.  The court followed its earlier decisions in dismissing the FDIC’s claims as time-barred by the three year statute of repose under the ’33 Act.  The court also held that the extender provision of FIRREA does not toll or pre-empt state statutes of repose, and therefore dismissed the FDIC’s claims under the Texas Securities Act as time-barred.  Decision.