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Litigation

Mar. 13, 2014

Court signals openness to Geithner discovery

The judge presiding over the government's $5 billion civil suit against Standard & Poor's indicated Tuesday that he was amenable to the ratings agency's bid for discovery relating to former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - The judge presiding over the government's $5 billion civil suit against Standard & Poor's indicated Tuesday that he was amenable to the ratings agency's bid for discovery relating to former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, but he was clear that the agency's position was tenuous and subject to strict controls.


At the first major hearing in the case in several mo...

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