County Of Cook v. Bank of America Corporation et al

  1. June 03, 2022

    BofA Seeks Atty Fees After Winning FHA Lending Bias Suit

    Bank of America asked an Illinois federal judge Thursday to grant it attorney fees after it beat back Cook County's accusations of discriminatory lending practices, arguing the case was "far-fetched" and went on for years longer than it needed to. 

  2. February 11, 2022

    Bank Of America Snags Early Win In FHA Lending Bias Suit

    An Illinois federal judge has sided with Bank of America in a long-running suit alleging discriminatory lending practices, ruling that the state's Cook County hasn't presented sufficient evidence to link the financial institution's alleged conduct to the county's purported injuries.

  3. August 26, 2020

    Goodwin Ducks Sanctions Bid Over Witness Gamesmanship

    An Illinois federal judge has rejected a bid by an Illinois county to sanction Goodwin Procter LLP over the firm's dealings with witnesses in a lending practices lawsuit involving Bank of America, finding that neither side took an unreasonable position in the dispute.

  4. July 15, 2020

    Goodwin Slams Ill. County's Sanctions Bid Over Witnesses

    Bank of America and its Goodwin Procter LLP lawyers urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to deny a sanctions bid by Cook County in a lending practices lawsuit, saying the law firm's communications with witnesses were proper and the county is trying to seek the same relief already denied when it sought to disqualify the firm last year.

  5. June 09, 2020

    Goodwin Faces Sanctions Bid Over Witness Gamesmanship

    A move by Bank of America and its Goodwin Procter lawyers to "capture" witnesses in a lending practices litigation — and their later insistence that Goodwin was on solid ethical ground — justify a five-figure sanction, an Illinois county told a federal judge Monday.

  6. January 22, 2020

    BofA Slams Bid To DQ Goodwin Procter In Lending Bias Suit

    Bank of America has pushed back against an effort by Cook County, Illinois, to disqualify Goodwin Procter LLP from a suit accusing the banking giant of engaging in racially discriminatory lending practices, saying the county's framing of the facts is "misleading."

  7. December 03, 2019

    Goodwin Procter Faces DQ Bid In Ill. County's BofA Suit

    Goodwin Procter LLP should be disqualified from representing Bank of America in a suit alleging the banking giant engaged in racially discriminatory lending practices, as witnesses in the case reversed their sworn statements after the firm began representing them, an Illinois county has argued.

  8. June 07, 2019

    Miami's BofA Win Opens Door For Chicago Claims, Court Told

    If Miami can sue Bank of America to recover millions in lost tax revenue that resulted from the bank's predatory lending, Cook County should be able to also, it told an Illinois federal court in a bid to recover $20 million it says it spent to clean up the effects of the scheme.

  9. April 19, 2018

    BofA Predatory Lending Cleanup Cost $20M, County Says

    Attorneys for Cook County pushed back Thursday against an Illinois federal judge's comments about the value of its lawsuit over an alleged predatory lending scheme run by Bank of America, claiming that it spent more than $20 million to clean up the mess.

  10. April 02, 2018

    Ill. County FHA Suit By Bank Of America Trimmed But Alive

    Cook County cannot recover damages from any domino effects caused by Bank of America's alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act that allegedly left the county holding the bag in the wake of the housing crisis, but the county can seek damages for immediate costs incurred by a wave of foreclosures and go forward with its claims of disparate treatment to minority borrowers, an Illinois federal judge ruled Friday.