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  • August 21, 2026

    Banking Industry Pushes For Lighter Load On 'Camels'

    The banking industry is pressing federal regulators to beef up their plan to rein in confidential supervisory ratings that are used to score the health of banks, urging them to set sharper limits around downgrade decisions and potentially ditch management-specific ratings entirely.

  • August 21, 2026

    6th Circ. Revives Freddie Mac Subprime Suit From '08 Crash

    The Sixth Circuit Friday revived a long-running securities suit brought by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System against Freddie Mac and several of its former executives, holding that a district court erred in granting a summary judgment win for the government-backed enterprise and also denying class certification.

  • August 21, 2026

    BSTR Ends $1.5B SPAC Deal Amid Bitcoin Market Woes

    Bitcoin treasury company BSTR Holdings has terminated a merger with special purpose acquisition company Cantor Equity Partners I Inc. that would have provided BSTR with up to $1.5 billion in financing in a go-public deal.

  • August 21, 2026

    DC Circ. Voids Block On OMB Funding Freeze

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday vacated a district judge's block on the Trump administration's pause on a wide array of federal grants, loans and financial assistance, ruling that the Office of Management and Budget's rescission of the memorandum rendered the lawsuit moot.

  • August 21, 2026

    Rocket Mortgage Points Judge Toward Zillow's Win In Wash.

    Rocket Mortgage urged a Michigan federal judge to consider a Washington federal court's recent dismissal of a proposed antitrust class action against Zillow, arguing that the Washington judge's decision supports Rocket's motion to dismiss a suit making similar claims.

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