No Deposition of Bernanke in A.I.G. Lawsuit, Court Says

The New York Times:  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, does not have to testify in the multibillion-dollar lawsuit by the former chief of the American International Group against the United States over the insurer’s 2008 bailout, a federal appeals court said on Wednesday.

The ruling, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, overturned a lower court decision from July that said Mr. Bernanke should submit to a deposition by lawyers for the former chief executive, Maurice R. Greenberg.

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