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  • November 12, 2026

    Adidas Complaint Response Was Wanting, Ex-Worker Testifies

    A former senior Adidas employee staffed on a Beyoncé partnership testified Thursday in her Oregon retaliation trial that she was not regularly updated by human resources as to the status of her complaints regarding another employee who allegedly called her a racial slur.

  • November 12, 2026

    FirstBank Must Face Now-Certified Class Of Epstein Survivors

    A New York federal judge on Thursday formally certified a class of women who accused FirstBank Puerto Rico of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's global sex trafficking venture, finding the class representative's claims "entirely consistent" with Epstein's pattern of trafficking and abuse.

  • November 12, 2026

    Merchants Sue OCC Over Push To Preempt Ill. Swipe-Fee Law

    Merchant trade groups sued the government Thursday in D.C. federal court to overturn recent rules from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that seek to shield banks from Illinois state limits on swipe fees, arguing the "slapdash" preemption effort exceeded the agency's authority.

  • November 12, 2026

    CFPB Says Anti-Bias Rule Rollback Tracks Fair Lending Law

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is urging a D.C. federal judge to uphold the recent rollback of fair lending regulations, arguing that consumer advocates' legal challenge largely boils down to policy disagreements that are insufficient to support claims of invalid rulemaking.

  • November 12, 2026

    3 Firms Guide Hancock Whitney's $3.2B Trustmark Bank Buy

    Financial services company Hancock Whitney Corp. has agreed to a $3.2 billion all-stock merger with bank holding company Trustmark Corp. in a deal guided by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Covington & Burling LLP and Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC, Hancock Whitney announced Thursday.

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