• Following public furor, are feds backing off “Operation Choke Point” program discouraging banking services to lawful but disfavored enterprises? [Daily Signal] Or does the choking continue? [Washington Business Journal (Capital One cuts off check-cashing firms)]
• FATCA challenge: “Ontario women sue Ottawa over compliance with new U.S. banking law” [Winnipeg Free Press, earlier]
• Corporate tax inversions: yes, journalist Jonathan Alter really did recommend “McCarthy-era loyalty oaths” [Taranto/WSJ] Obama admininstration was for them (in Delphi case) before it was against them [Bloomberg] And they’re popular with President Obama’s donors even aside from Warren Buffett [same] More: Charles Krauthammer.
• WSJ editorial on sanctions against Robbins Geller in Boeing securities suit. More: Daniel Fisher;
• Profile of Vanguard tax informant David Danon [Philadelphia Inquirer, earlier]
• Some Denver foreclosure lawyers settle overcharge case [Kevin Funnell, earlier]
• Contains real juice: “$35 million will go to groups that provide legal, housing and community development programs.” [AP/The Saratogian on New York’s share of Bank of America settlement; Stephen Bainbridge]

Filed under: banks, Canada, FATCA, mortgages, Operation Choke Point, sanctions