Government Loses Bid For Strike, Default Judgment In Crop Reinsurance, FIRREA Row

Mealey's (March 30, 2022, 8:46 AM EDT) -- YAKIMA, Wash. — Noting that the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ordinarily disfavors default judgments, a Washington federal judge on March 28 denied a motion by the government to strike the answer of defendants in a suit over crop reinsurance and alleged violations of the Financial Institutions Reform and Recovery Enforcement Act (FIRREA) and enter final default judgment....