James Rufus Koren

Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong negotiating deal to buy L.A. Times from Tronc

November 25, 2019 at 6:24 p.m.

Los Angeles biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong is nearing a deal to buy the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune from its parent company, Tronc, according to two people...

Mick Mulvaney listens to a question during a press briefing at the White House on Jan. 20.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appears to shed its aggressive reputation

December 15, 2018 at 12:56 a.m.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last year sued four lenders affiliated with a Northern California Native American tribe, alleging their costly loans violated interest rate caps in more than a...

President Trump meets with Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, right, and other House Republicans on Thursday.

The Republican tax bill’s small-business problem — most won’t benefit from the special new rate

December 17, 2018 at 6:24 p.m.

The House Republican plan to cut taxes for small businesses has a big problem: Most apparently won’t benefit from it. The typical small business, whether it’s a sole proprietorship, partnership...

Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in 2013.

Consumer protection chief appeals directly to Trump in bid to save class-action lawsuit rule

December 17, 2018 at 5:34 p.m.

In a rare direct appeal to the White House, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wrote a letter to President Trump this week, asking him to let stand...

Want to work in Hollywood? Here’s the kind of nondisclosure agreements you have to sign first

December 18, 2018 at 7:16 a.m.

If you wanted to work for Leonardo DiCaprio’s company Greenhour Corp. a few years ago, you would have had to sign a document crucial to the Oscar winner’s “personal safety,...

Weinstein scandal puts nondisclosure agreements in the spotlight

February 24, 2020 at 6:53 p.m.

Harvey Weinstein. Bill O'Reilly. Roger Ailes. Bill Cosby. The Catholic Church. All were able to skirt years and sometimes decades of allegations of sexual harassment or assault through the use...

Harvey Weinstein attends the "Reservoir Dogs" 25th anniversary screening during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Oct. 14, 2016.

Weinstein scandal puts nondisclosure agreements in the spotlight

February 24, 2020 at 6:53 p.m.

Harvey Weinstein. Bill O’Reilly. Roger Ailes. Bill Cosby. The Catholic church. All were able to skirt years and sometimes decades of allegations of sexual harassment or assault through the use...

It’s been a year since the Wells Fargo scandal broke — and new problems are still surfacing

August 22, 2019 at 5:48 a.m.

One year ago today, Wells Fargo & Co. made the stunning admission in a settlement with regulators that it created perhaps 2 million accounts for customers without their permission. The...

Wells Fargo chairman, two directors to step down amid continuing fallout from sham accounts scandal

June 3, 2018 at 4:06 a.m.

Stephen Sanger, the chairman of Wells Fargo & Co., will step down from the board of the embattled bank effective Jan. 1 and will be replaced by former Federal Reserve...

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas speaks in May on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Republicans introduce bills to scrap new bank arbitration rule

June 3, 2018 at 10:30 a.m.

Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced bills calling for the repeal of a just-announced regulation that would make it easier for consumers to bring class-action lawsuits against...

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