Law360, Washington (April 17, 2015, 2:09 PM ET) — A Wells Fargo Bank NA executive asked a New York federal judge on Thursday to make the government release 179 withheld documents in a $189 million mortgage insurance suit against the bank, saying the government has failed to show a lawful rationale for withholding them.
Ahead of a May 15 discovery deadline, Kurt Lofrano, a Wells Fargo vice president and a defendant in the federal fraud suit, told U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman the government had failed to meet its burden under the Federal Rules…