Court cases

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule on arbitration clauses may be bad news for alleged corporate wrongdoers like Equifax and Wells Fargo, but surely for the victims of such wrongdoing — and for consumers, generally — it is good news indeed.

A long-term discussion about rethinking rules of the credit market is worth having, but for right now Congress should restore clarity by correcting the Second Circuit’s mistake.

The president may soon replace Thomas Curry as bank regulator with an interim appointment; Supreme Court says city can sue B of A and Wells Fargo over predatory lending.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency can give lenders relief from the effects of a recent court decision over interest rate authority, but only if the agency chooses to do so.

Bankers' association takes the Federal Reserve to court over dividends diverted to highway fund; JPMorgan Chase CEO makes a killing buying his stock at the bottom.