Investigations

Second FOIA Lawsuit Targets Details on Election Interference

Journalists and transparency advocates are now turning to the courts to force the Obama administration to provide more information about Russian interference in the U.S. election. A second Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit targeting U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies’ investigations into foreign election interference was filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., …


Wells Fargo Confirms SEC Probing Its Sales Practices, Boosts Litigation Funds to US$1.7B

Wells Fargo has confirmed the existence of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into its sales practices, and the bank revealed that it has almost doubled funds set aside to deal with its ongoing legal problems. The bank said in a regulatory filing Thursday that the SEC has joined other federal state and local government agencies and states attorneys general, …