The Justice Department yesterday announced that Morgan Stanley will pay a $2.6 billion penalty to resolve claims related to Morgan Stanley’s marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities.  This settlement constitutes the largest component resolutions with Morgan Stanley entered by members of the RMBS Working Group, which have totaled approximately $5 billion. 

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...