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Even a typical fall season of layoffs has been pushed off, and some banks so far haven’t executed cuts that are supposed to weed out lower performers, according to people familiar with the matter.

County lawyers said they did what they could to weed out fraud, reviewing statements from plaintiffs and searching for whatever records and witnesses they could find.

Patrick McNicholas, who co-counsels cases with the firm, said the lawsuits were weeded out as part of the firm’s vetting process.

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But Matt Britzman, an analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Lloyds had been "forced to take a more aggressive approach to weed out the lower performers".