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Latest News in Banking
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January 09, 2026
Fed. Circ. Doubts Trade Secret Was Properly Spelled Out
The Federal Circuit spent part of its Friday morning mulling whether it is the court's job to, in the words of the judge who killed the trade secrets claims brought by a MasterCard unit against two McKinsey consultants, "do APT's job for it by mining its trade secrets from the raw materials."
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January 09, 2026
OCC Floats Rule To Clarify Trust Companies' Broader Scope
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is proposing to amend its chartering regulations to make clear that national trust companies can engage in nonfiduciary activities, potentially resolving an area of contention that banking industry advocates have raised as crypto-focused firms applied for trust charters.
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January 09, 2026
FINRA Fines Wells Fargo Unit $1.25M For Close-Out Failures
Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $1.25 million to resolve the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's claims that during a seven-year period, the bank's clearing and custody services unit left certain transactions in municipal securities unresolved for longer than it was supposed to.
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January 09, 2026
Shopify Suit Is An Early Antitrust Test Of 'Buy Now, Pay Later'
An ongoing antitrust suit in Minnesota federal court filed by Sezzle against Shopify — one of the earliest such lawsuits focused on buy now, pay later services — could play a particularly informative role in how short-term credit offerings and the broader market develop, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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January 09, 2026
2025's Most Notable State AG Activity By The Numbers
State attorneys general were active in 2025, working across party lines to address federal regulatory gaps in artificial intelligence, take action on consumer protection issues, continue antitrust enforcement and announce large settlements on behalf of their citizens, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
- Federal Reserve System
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- National Credit Union Administration
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- European Central Bank
- UK Financial Services Authority
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Executive compensation regulation
- Online banking and payment rules
- Credit-rating agency regulation
- Financial company lobbying
- International banking regulation and legislation
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust disputes
- Consumer litigation and class actions
- Debit/credit card-related litigation
- Labor and employment disputes
- Mortgage- and foreclosure-related suits
- Predatory and deceptive lending and marketing suits
- Financial privacy issues
- Securitized mortgage disputes
- Shareholder litigation
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of banking practices
Readership
- Banking lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at banks and other financial institutions
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals