UPDATE 1-U.S., Wells Fargo not as 'optimistic' about lawsuit settlement -lawyer
November 18, 2014 at 16:35 PM EST
NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co and the U.S. Department of Justice are "no longer as optimistic" about settling a lawsuit accusing the country's largest mortgage lender of fraud, a lawyer for the bank said on Tuesday.
