An Australian criminal cartel lawsuit against Citigroup Inc and Deutsche Bank AG...
) was postponed on Tuesday after defense lawyers complained the prosecution had given them a redacted statement for a key witness late on the previous day.
Though for just one day, the delay raises the chance of pre-trial hearings running into next year, eroding hopes of a swift resolution to a case that is being closely watched by investment bankers around the world since it may change how they run capital raising. Defence lawyers had planned on Tuesday to start cross-examining investigators from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission , which brought the charges, about how they took witness statements from a third investment bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co , which also worked on the stock issue but cooperated in exchange for immunity.
“It is particularly troubling that we are provided with these statements in this way at this time,” Citigroup lawyer Dean Jordan told a pre-trial hearing in Sydney.
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