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Two federal regulators on Friday announced a $1 billion settlement with Wells Fargo after finding that the the bank violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Office...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: California's Public Counsel partnered with Morrison & Foerster on Tuesday to file a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Los Angeles claiming the state has failed to uphold its...

The California Department of Insurance announced Wednesday that it has served Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo Insurance with an accusation seeking to suspend or revoke the companies' licenses due to improper insurance sales...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas granted a temporary restraining order Thursday, blocking Texas officials from enforcing a ban...

A Nevada homeowner on Monday filed suit against Wells Fargo & Co in a San Francisco federal court accusing the bank of falsely charging consumers certain mortgage fees. Borrowers applying for mortgages must usually pay...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new rule Monday, banning mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer agreements. The CFPB explained that mandatory arbitration agreements can prevent class action lawsuits and perpetuate harmful practices. The new...

JURIST Guest Columnist Julie A. Hill of The University of Alabama School of Law, discusses the Financial Choice Act and duplicative enforcement of financial regulations ... After the L.A. Times revealed that Wells Fargo employees opened millions of unauthorized consumer...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in a memorandum on Thursday that it will keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place for the foreseeable future. DACA allows for immigrants who...

Lawyers for Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Mexican-born man detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , despite being a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, have said that their client is expected to...

US Magistrate Judge James Donohue on Friday ruled that Daniel Ramirez Medina , a Mexican immigrant-detainee, must be granted a bail hearing during the pendency of his immigration case . Ramirez Medina was granted permission to...