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Jun. 14, 2024

SVB attorneys clash with FDIC over discovery

The FDIC argues that it has different rights and liabilities as a receiver rather than a corporation, while Silicon Valley Bank argues that the FDIC's initial disclosures are based on their assumption that the case will be limited by the judge's ruling on the motion to dismiss.

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Attorneys for Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed last spring in one of the largest bank failures in U.S. history, met with a federal judge on Thursday to discuss discovery disputes in its lawsuits with the ​​Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, accused on unlawfully withholding nearly $2 billion from the bank. 

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