In a bid for more information about how consultants landed lucrative contracts to review bank foreclosures, Williams & Connolly filed a Freedom of Information Act suit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on behalf of an unnamed client.

The suit, brought by partner David Aufhauser in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks documents that detail the OCC’s criteria for hiring "independent" consultants to review bank foreclosures.