By Stephanie Forshee | May 17, 2017
CFTC acting chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo introduced a new program for financial technology companies on Wednesday.
By Mike Scarcella | May 17, 2017
A senior U.S. national bank inspector punished in the aftermath of the Wells Fargo sham-accounts scandal sued federal banking regulators on Tuesday for information about their investigation of him. The examiner, Bradley Linskens, who joined the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in 1993, filed the public-records lawsuit in Washington federal district court.
By Max Mitchell | May 16, 2017
Philadelphia has sued Wells Fargo, alleging the bank violated the Fair Housing Act by targeting minority borrowers with high-risk and high-interest loans. The lawsuit is the first that a city has lodged against a financial institution since a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling established that municipalities have standing to sue banks over allegedly discriminatory lending practices.
By Cogan Schneier | May 9, 2017
Citing his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server, President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey. His actions may weigh heavy on his future employment prospects, as big law firms may be wary of questions that would accompany his hiring. Still, as a prominent attorney with high-level experience in government and business, he may find a home at a law firm, as some other former FBI directors have.
By Stephanie Forshee | May 9, 2017
With the exit of Thomas Curry as the head of the OCC, the future of fintech bank charters has gotten murkier.
By Ben Hancock | May 5, 2017
Publicizing a litigation funding deal is one way for a small company—or a small law firm—to signal that it's ready to fight. Still, the industry is a long way from full transparency.
By Stephanie Forshee | May 3, 2017
Keith Noreika will take over for Thomas Curry at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
By Andrew Denney | May 2, 2017
Affidavits submitted by former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who represent a Turkish gold trader accused of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, "appear surprisingly disingenuous" for failing to mention Iran, a federal judge said.
By Sue Reisinger | May 2, 2017
Pierre Gentin, former head of global litigation and regulatory investigations for Swiss-based Credit Suisse AG bank and now a partner in the litigation group at Cahill Gordon & Reindel, previews his upcoming talk Wednesday at the University of Zurich Financial Market Regulation Forum.
By Sue Reisinger | May 1, 2017
Kara Brockmeyer, former chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, is joining Debevoise & Plimpton's Washington, D.C., office as a partner and member of the white-collar and regulatory defense and the strategic crisis response and solutions groups, the firm announced Monday.
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