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  • May 21, 2026

    Cuba Sanctions Shift Puts Foreign Cos. In OFAC's Crosshairs

    A recent executive order marks an extreme shift for foreign companies whose Cuban dealings have no relation to the U.S. and are entirely lawful under the laws of their home jurisdictions, such that their existing ring-fence protocols no longer offer protection from the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s secondary sanctions, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.

  • May 21, 2026

    Wells Fargo's $85M 'Sham' Hiring Investor Deal Gets Final OK

    Wells Fargo & Co. and its investors have gotten a final nod for their $85 million deal settling claims the bank conducted "sham" job interviews to meet diversity quotas.

  • May 21, 2026

    White Nationalists Sued Over Whites-Only Ark. Enclave

    A Missouri woman accused a white nationalist group in Arkansas federal court of violating the Fair Housing Act and other civil rights laws by refusing to let her buy land in the group's community in Arkansas because she is a Jewish woman with a Black husband and three biracial children.

  • May 21, 2026

    OCC Says Fintech Partner Bank Fell Behind On AML Controls

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has ordered Community Federal Savings Bank to strengthen its anti-money laundering controls after finding that the New York-based bank failed to keep pace with the risks from its fast-growing payment-processing business.

  • May 21, 2026

    5 Rules In 10 Weeks: Inside Genius Act's Implementation Blitz

    Regulators have proposed five Genius Act rules in a striking span of 10 weeks, building a stablecoin framework that, with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency at its operational center, will shape oversight and force issuers, banks and fintechs to take action as deadlines approach, say attorneys at Cahill.

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