The pre-trial jousting in the case of NCUA vs. a roster of onetime top officers at failedcorporate credit union WesCorp continued, as presiding Judge GeorgeH. Wu now has issued rulings (dated Jan. 19) on a variety ofmotions from both sides.

These rulings – crafted in Wu's typically dense legal language –appear to bring the case closer to trial by eliminating arguments,put forth by the defendants, that the case should simply bedismissed.

But former WesCorp officers Robert Siravo, Todd Lane, RobertBurrell, et. al., won at least one battle when Wu ruled thatevidence pertaining to NCUA's presence and conduct onsite at WesCorp in the run up tothe institution's failure could indeed be introduced intoevidence.

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