Law and legal issues

The credit card giant has reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit involving its coupon-finding browser extension. Content creators had accused Capital One of stealing their sales commissions.

Triumph Financial took steps to guard and move scores of cars backing its $23 million loan to Tricolor Holdings after the subprime auto lender filed for bankruptcy last week.

President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling allowing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain in office pending the outcome of her lawsuit challenging Trump's move to fire her late last month.

Creditors of the subprime auto lender Tricolor, which filed to liquidate in bankruptcy this month, are staking their claims on the company's remaining assets.

The White House said it will appeal a circuit court ruling allowing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain on the central bank board while her lawsuit challenging her dismissal is litigated.

The Department of Justice argued that Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook has not provided an explanation for her alleged primary residential claims on separate mortgage applications, but the motion made no mention of newly uncovered documentation that suggests Cook represented one of those mortgages as a vacation home in her application, undermining claims of fraud.

The Massachusetts bank is being accused of aiding and abetting the operation of a Ponzi scheme centered in Hamilton, New York. The bank declined to comment on the allegations.

The White House's appeal of a lower court injunction allowing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain on the Fed board is urging the court to rule in its favor ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Sept. 16 and 17.

Origin Bancorp, Renasant Bank and Triumph Financial are the latest financial institutions to report exposure to the bankrupt auto lender Tricolor, joining a list that includes Fifth Third, Barclays and JPMorganChase.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told its staff to expect an upcoming reduction in force because the agency's budget was cut in half by the president's recently passed tax and budget bill.

The White House has appealed a D.C. District Court ruling allowing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain on the Fed board pending the outcome of her challenge to President Trump's moves to fire her.

The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook and allegations of mortgage fraud, allegations that spurred President Trump to terminate her position on the Fed Board last week. Cook is challenging the president's authority to remove her in court.

The American Fintech Council urged a federal court to deny requests by banking groups to stay the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule compliance dates while litigation is ongoing.

Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook's attorneys filed additional motions in her suit against President Donald Trump over his attempt to oust her from the central bank last week. A judge overseeing the case set a Thursday deadline for final briefs.

Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook's lawsuit against President Trump is challenging his move to remove her from office because allegations against her do not constitute "cause." How courts weigh in could dictate the future of the central bank's independence from the White House.

Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday morning seeking an injunction against President Trump's "illegal attempt" to remove her from the Fed board. The suit claims Trump has not demonstrated "cause" for her removal under the Fed statute.

A recent bargaining session was interrupted when union representatives learned that a Wells executive who wasn't in the room could hear what was being said. The bank maintains that it was a simple mistake involving a Microsoft Team meeting that should have been disconnected, but union officials aren't buying that story.

A federal appeals court granted the government's request to pause a ruling that briefly restored Democratic National Credit Union Administration board members Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka, leaving the regulator with a single board member pending appeal.

The Federal Open Market Committee member is the third Democrat the Trump administration has accused of committing occupancy fraud.

FHFA Director Bill Pulte, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, wrote a letter to Bondi and DOJ official Ed Martin on Aug. 15 suggesting that Cook may have committed a criminal offense.