Company: FMCCN
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001026214-25-000116
Chunk: 220

Company: FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 220
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 loans. These suits typically involve claims alleging wrongful actions of sellers and servicers. Our contracts with our sellers and servicers generally provide for indemnification of Freddie Mac against liability arising from sellers' and servicers' wrongful actions with respect to loans sold to or serviced for Freddie Mac.Litigation claims and proceedings of all types are subject to many uncertainties (including appeals and procedural filings), and there can be no assurance as to the ultimate outcome of those actions (including the matters described below). In accordance with the accounting guidance for contingencies, we reserve for litigation claims and assessments asserted or threatened against us when a loss is probable (as defined in such guidance) and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. The actual costs of resolving legal actions may be substantially higher or lower than the amounts accrued for those actions.It is not possible for us to predict the actions the U.S. government (including Treasury and FHFA) might take in connection with any of these lawsuits or any future lawsuits. However, it is possible that we could be adversely affected by these actions, including, for example, by changes to the Purchase Agreement, or any resulting actual or perceived changes in the level of U.S. government support for our business. Putative Securities Class Action Lawsuit: Ohio Public Employees Retirement System v. Freddie Mac, Syron, et al.This putative securities class action lawsuit was filed against Freddie Mac and certain former officers on January 18, 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio purportedly on behalf of a class of purchasers of Freddie Mac stock from August 1, 2006 through November 20, 2007. FHFA later intervened as Conservator, and the plaintiff amended its complaint on several occasions. The plaintiff alleged, among other things, that the defendants violated federal securities laws by making false and misleading statements concerning our business, risk management, and the procedures we put into place to protect the company from problems in the mortgage industry. The plaintiff seeks unspecified damages and interest, and reasonable costs and expenses, including attorney and expert fees.In August 2018, the District Court denied the plaintiff's motion for class certification. On April 6, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the District Court's September 17, 2020 ruling, which had granted the plaintiff's request for summary judgment and entered final judgment in favor of Freddie Mac and other defendants, and remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings. On August 29,