Judge denies former Fannie CFO access in GSE lawsuit

Housing Wire - October 16, 2014 - October 17, 2014

Housing Wire, By Trey Garrison

The federal judge overseeing the Fairholme Fund’s lawsuit against Treasury has denied former Fannie Mae CFO J. Tim Howard admission as an expert to view the material from discovery.

Government attorneys opposed Fairholme’s move to bring Howard on as an expert to view discovery, which is covered under a protective order.  They argued that Howard’s knowledge and bias would cause “damage to the economy.”

Howard was hired by Fairholme Funds in their lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury.

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