A lawyer representing Holocaust victims in a class-action suit against Swiss banks threatened to take court action. Ed Fagan said he would ask a New York judge to force Swiss Bank Corp., Credit Suisse and Union Bank of Switzerland to open their books. The threat comes after Jewish leaders and lawyers representing survivors rejected a $600 million offer made by the three banks to settle claims dating from the Holocaust era.
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