THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT CHAPTER OF NEW YORK FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION (Securities Litigation Division) and
THE SECURITIES LAW SECTION OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION present
A Forum for Understanding
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
A four-person panel discussion on mortgage-backed securities and the impact on the Securities Litigation Community
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6.30 PM – 8.30 PM
WHERE:
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse
500 Pearl Street, Room 850
New York, New York 10007
PANELISTS
Robert MacLaverty, Ph.D.
FTI Consulting, LLC
Overview: What is an asset-backed security and particularly a mortgage-backed security?
Faten Sabry, Ph.D
NERA Economic Consulting, Inc.
Asset-backed Securitizations – What Happened?
Brent J. Horton
Fordham University Gabelli School of Business and Graduate School of Business
What are the typical issues that arise in mortgage-backed security litigation from both the view of the plaintiff’s bar and the defense’s bar?
Kenneth Lench
Associate Director and Unit Chief, Structured and New Products Unit
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement
Government Enforcement Activities and Areas of Interest
MODERATOR
Liam O’Brien, Esq.
Managing Partner, McCormick & O’Brien, LLP