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Law Practice

Dec. 31, 2008

Countrywide Case Goes to State Court

In a little-noticed order being cheered by the California attorney general, a federal judge in San Diego sent a class-action complaint against two former Countrywide Financial Corp. executives back to the plaintiffs' favored venue in state court.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

In a little-noticed order being cheered by the California attorney general, a federal judge in San Diego sent a class-action complaint against two former Countrywide Financial Corp. executives back to the plaintiff's favored venue in state court.

The remand, signed by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw just before Christmas, sends the attorney general's case against Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide's former chie...

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