Banking Law
1271 ABA Journal Banking Law articles.
A lawyer has been suspended after falsely telling four clients that he had resolved their cases and then paying them amounts ranging from $10,000 to $424,000 from his personal funds.
Aug 5, 2020 8:30 AM CDT
DA may be investigating Trump for possible bank fraud
A legal filing suggests that President Donald Trump and his company could be under investigation for possible bank and insurance fraud.…
Aug 3, 2020 3:49 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump is not automatically and absolutely immune from state criminal subpoenas in a case seeking his financial records.
Jul 9, 2020 9:44 AM CDT
Updated: The legal industry has fared surprising well during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey of mostly larger law firms by Wells Fargo Private Bank's legal specialty group.
Jun 23, 2020 11:49 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court could split in its decisions in President Donald Trump’s fight against subpoenas for his tax and financial records, remote oral arguments indicated Tuesday.
May 13, 2020 11:08 AM CDT
Few glitches and 1 surprise in SCOTUS teleconference arguments
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asked questions during the high court’s first teleconference arguments Monday, something he rarely does.…
May 4, 2020 3:39 PM CDT
Many smaller law firms applied for loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program, and many are still waiting.
Apr 29, 2020 12:45 PM CDT
Apr 1, 2020 12:30 AM CDT
A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit by a jailed protester in Oregon who turned over nearly $31 to her jailers and was repaid upon release with a fee-laden debit card.
Mar 26, 2020 12:44 PM CDT
A plaintiff who settled a race discrimination lawsuit against his employer alleges TCF Bank called the police when he tried to deposit his settlement checks and withdraw some of the money.
Jan 23, 2020 3:25 PM CST
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court
agreed to hear three cases in which President Donald Trump is fighting subpoenas for his tax and financial records from two banks and his accounting firm.
Dec 13, 2019 5:12 PM CST
Judge gets public warning after claiming religious exemption to performing same-sex weddings
A Texas justice of the peace who refuses to perform same-sex weddings has received a public warning from…
Dec 4, 2019 3:52 PM CST
A federal judge in Wisconsin has ordered two defunct mortgage-relief law firms and their attorney principals to pay $59 million in restitution and civil penalties for misrepresenting their services to consumers.
Nov 7, 2019 11:22 AM CST
Sep 25, 2019 12:40 PM CDT
A former partner with Freeborn & Peters in Chicago has been charged in an alleged scheme to protect a client’s assets by creating a sham secured creditor with a senior…
Jul 17, 2019 1:40 PM CDT
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