2014-03-05nytimes.com

That dispute, which positioned JPMorgan against the government and ultimately one government agency against another, traced to the point after Mr. Madoff's arrest in December 2008. Around that time, JPMorgan's lawyers interviewed dozens of bank employees who potentially crossed paths with Mr. Madoff's company.

Federal regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency sought copies of the lawyers' interview notes, the government document and other records show, hoping they would open a window into the bank's actions. The issue gained urgency in 2012, according to the records, when the comptroller's office conducted its own interviews with JPMorgan employees and discovered a "pattern of forgetfulness."



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