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  • August 10, 2026

    OCC Takes Swipe At BofA In Post-Jan. 6 Data Sharing Suit

    A top U.S. banking regulator has waded into a proposed class action accusing Bank of America NA of unlawfully sharing customer information with law enforcement after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, arguing the bank can't use a key regulatory safe harbor to exit the case.

  • August 10, 2026

    Trump Pick Confirmed To NCUA As Hauptman Joins PCAOB

    The National Credit Union Administration is poised for new leadership after senators on Friday confirmed Trump nominee John Crews to its board, whose acting Chairman Kyle Hauptman has departed for a seat on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

  • August 10, 2026

    Muddy Waters Wants Claim Cut From $14M Whistleblower Suit

    Investment research service Muddy Waters LLC and its founder want a breach of contract claim cut from a suit alleging they stiffed a purported former partner out of his share of a $14 million whistleblower award from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the claim "crosses the line from pleading in the alternative to pleading in incoherence."

  • August 10, 2026

    Judge Trims Wells Fargo Ex-VP Whistleblower Suit

    An Illinois federal judge Friday trimmed a former Wells Fargo testing and validation executive's suit alleging she was fired for flagging reporting inaccuracies, finding that her allegations were too vague and that she did not correctly report the alleged activity to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • August 10, 2026

    UWM Sues REIT For Over $500M, Claiming Merger Sabotage

    UWM Holdings Corp. and subsidiary UWM Acquisitions 1 LLC hit Two Harbors Investment Corp. with a more than $500 million suit on Monday, accusing the real estate investment trust in Maryland federal court of deliberately sabotaging a $1.3 billion all-stock merger deal.

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