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After the Crash, There's Little Recourse for Those Wronged by WaMu

By Nina Shapiro
Seattle Weekly | December 2, 2008
The problem for plaintiffs in suits against WaMu is who to go after now. Rob Williamson, an attorney who filed a class-action suit against WaMu over what he claims were hidden and excessive fees, puts it this way: "The defendant no longer exists."
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