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Richard Bove, a prominent U.S. banking analyst, was sued Monday by BankAtlantic Bancorp, which accused him of defamation and negligence over a recently published research report, the bank said.
The bank said the lawsuit, filed in a state court in Broward County, Florida, pertained to a report Bove wrote titled "Who Is Next?" The report is dated July 13, two days after federal regulators seized IndyMac Bancorp, a large mortgage lending specialist.
Alan Levan, BankAtlantic's chairman, said in a statement BankAtlantic's
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Bove has been advised not to comment on the advice of counsel, an assistant for the analyst said.
A spokesman for Bove's employer, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, said: "We will defend ourselves against this meritless lawsuit."
A copy of the complaint was not immediately available. BankAtlantic did not immediately return several requests for further comment.
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