• U.S. ex rel. Kraus v. Wells Fargo & Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Robert Katzmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: James J. Sabella, Sharad A. Samy, Kyle J. McGee, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York, and Tejinder Singh, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, Maryland, on the brief, Jay W. Eisenhofer, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Stephen G. Rinehart, on the brief, Amy Pritchard Williams, Troutman Sanders LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina. For the United States, Amici Curiae: Joseph H. Hunt, Assistant Attorney General, Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Charles W. Scarborough, Joshua M. Salzman. For Amici Curiae Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Richard M. Ashton, Joshua P. Chadwick, Yvonne F. Mizusawa, Katherine A. Pomeroy. For Amici Curiae Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Meghann E. Donahue, Michele Kalstein. For Amici Curiae Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: Keith Goodwin, Gregory J. Ewald.

    Case Number: 18-1746

    Federal Reserve Banks Are 'Agents' of U.S. Under 31 USC §3729(b)(2)(A)(i)