January 15, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice does not have to provide to former BuzzFeed reporter Jason Leopold a confidential report on HSBC Bank's anti-money laundering compliance, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, saying disclosure of the entire report, even with redactions, risks chilling the cooperation of foreign regulators.
March 01, 2024
The D.C. Circuit handed former BuzzFeed reporter Jason Leopold a win Friday, reviving his fight to unseal a 2015 report on money laundering at HSBC Bank and remanding the Justice Department's earlier district court summary judgment win in the case.