The five biggest banks cancelled a session today with the state attorneys general. This move was apparently to object to the FHFA lawsuits filed against 17 banks which Dave Dayen penciled out at $60 billion in potential liability.
This hissy fit seems wildly misguided, since the FHFA has not been a party to the foreclosure settlement talks. It isn't even a part of the Executive Branch, so it's a little hard to charge that the Obama Administration is acting in bad faith (which seems to be the subtext). |