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  • December 08, 2025

    Capital One To Pay $580K To End Mass. Debt Calls Claims

    Financial services giant Capital One will pay $580,000 to resolve Massachusetts regulators' allegations that representatives of its recently acquired Discover Bank made more debt collection calls to Massachusetts borrowers than allowed under state law.

  • December 08, 2025

    4th Circ. Backs EIDP In Dispute Over Annuity Reductions

    The Fourth Circuit backed agricultural chemical giant EIDP Inc. and its retirement plan administrator in a Monday opinion, finding that unambiguous contract language doomed the revival of a lawsuit from a retired employee who said his monthly benefit was unfairly reduced.

  • December 08, 2025

    Barclays Accused Of 'Vague' Account Closure Notifications

    A Barclays PLC subsidiary was hit Sunday with a proposed customer class action in California federal court accusing it of illegally shutting down accounts and providing only vague explanations for the closures, allegations that echo claims of so-called debanking that have been in the national spotlight.

  • December 08, 2025

    SEC Eases Decades-Old Wall Street Analyst Restrictions

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to lift some restrictions imposed on large financial institutions over two decades ago in a crackdown on alleged conflicts of interests involving investment banks and their research analysts, agreeing with the banks that modification of the settlements was proper due to a 2015 rule that addressed the same problem. 

  • December 08, 2025

    Judge Backs Cutting $800M In FTX Ch. 11 Claims

    A federal appellate judge has upheld the Delaware bankruptcy court's decision to pay out almost nothing on $800 million in claims against collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, agreeing with the bankruptcy judge that the crypto assets tied to those claims were essentially worthless.

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