JPMorgan Chase twice in as many weeks announced multi-billion dollar deals to settle legal disputes with numerous parties including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency involving residential mortgage-backed securities. This week, the Department of Justice, along with other federal and state agencies including the Federal Housing Finance Agency reached a $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan, which acknowledged making misrepresentations about billions of dollars in MBS sold