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2 min read 2023-05-18 11:22:59

Wells Fargo Pays More for Its Sins

When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced in 2016 that it was fining Wells Fargo $100 million for creating fee-generating customer

2 min read 2023-05-11 11:51:50

The verdict in the Trump case was not the only court victory against sexism this week. Lawyers for women who worked in securities and investment

2 min read 2023-05-04 11:46:03

Once again federal regulators have turned to JPMorgan Chase to rescue a failing smaller bank. For the moment, the customers of First Republic Bank

2 min read 2023-04-27 11:54:56

The Biden Administration appears to be really serious about economic sanctions–and not only those against Russia. The Justice Department and

2 min read 2023-04-18 11:39:08

A federal judge in Minnesota recently granted final approval to a $75 million settlement between Smithfield Foods and plaintiffs alleging that the

2 min read 2023-04-13 11:53:07

Forty years ago, federal policymakers thought they had found a solution to the problem of escalating prescription drug prices. The Hatch-Waxman Act

2 min read 2023-03-30 11:34:15

One person from Starbucks responded to a subpoena from Senate labor committee chair Bernie Sanders, but there seemed to be two versions of Howard

3 min read 2023-03-23 12:08:30

The acquisition of struggling Credit Suisse by its rival UBS may calm the international banking waters, but it will do nothing to improve the

2 min read 2023-03-16 12:24:14

Some of the same people who are trying to convince us that January 6 was a peaceful sightseeing outing and that the situation in Ukraine is a minor

2 min read 2023-03-09 12:10:08

The Justice Department has just announced a pilot program in which corporate executives involved in wrong-doing would be personally penalized. This

2 min read 2023-03-02 12:46:56

The Biden Administration is causing a stir with its decision to place some conditions on the massive subsidies that are to be awarded to

3 min read 2023-02-23 13:37:40

When an apparent contract impasse between rail unions and management threatened to bring about a national shutdown late last year, the Biden

2 min read 2023-02-16 12:25:37

At a time of widespread labor shortages, one might expect policymakers to welcome asylum seekers and economic migrants eager for an opportunity to

2 min read 2023-02-09 12:58:16

There was not much soaring oratory in President Biden’s State of the Union address, but the speech was an unapologetic call for a full set of

2 min read 2023-02-02 12:47:19

Figuring out how to get corporate executives to obey the law has been a perennial challenge. The Justice Department has apparently concluded that