Recap Of Recent State Actions Against Countrywide Financial

The following "scorecard" recaps the state legal actions taken against mortgage lender Countrywide Financial over the last week or so:

• Florida: Lawsuit; Attorney General Press Release,
• Illinois: Lawsuit; AG's Press Release,
• California: Lawsuit; AG's Press Release,
• Washington State: Administrative Charges; Governor's Press Release.

No word whether the timing of these court filings, along with this past Monday's NBC News report on an ex-Countrywide regional vice president blowing the whistle on the alleged shady corporate culture at the firm, were coordinated to coincide with Tuesday's closing of the Bank of America / Countrywide acquisition (possibly meant as "parting gifts" to now former CEO Angelo Mozilo) or whether it was all merely a coincidence.

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