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Securities

Sep. 9, 2009

Judges Dismiss More Subprime Fraud Lawsuits

As the summer draws to a close, judges across the country are stamping out subprime-securities fraud class actions like nascent wildfires.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

As the summer draws to a close, judges across the nation are stamping out subprime-securities fraud class actions like nascent wildfires.

In the last five weeks alone, judges issued four orders dismissing subprime fraud cases with prejudice - more than half of those dispatched since the flood of lawsuits began in 2007.

While the end of summer marks a natural time to clear unwanted cases from the...

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