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The Wells Fargo Merger
Legal and financial effects of the merger. In recent years, Wells Fargo and its subsidiaries have had a plethora of legal issues. These issues grew for the first three years after the merger.
During the years 2009 thru 2015, Wells Fargo has had to participate and defended a plethora of legal issues that were filed against them or their subsidiaries. Throughout these years Wells Fargo was involved in a total of 28 different legal issues. Many of the lawsuits main contributor were Wachovia. These legal issues ranged from violations to bankruptcy laws, wrongful termination to contracts, documents containing untrue statements, targeting and steering minorities into high-cost mortgages, additional mortgage lawsuits, breach of contract with Visa/Master
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