Bank of America shareholders may proceed with their securities fraud lawsuit which claims that BofA concealed its potential problems with the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, exposing investors to risky mortgage securities, a federal judge ruled last week. However, U.S. District Judge William Pauley of the Southern District of New York determined that the shareholders, led by the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System, can move forward only against the company itself and not against BofA executives. The investors filed suit in September 2011 alleging they had been misled into...