Wells Fargo will reportedly appeal a federal judges decision that a $25 billion agreement Wells and four other banks made with federal agencies and 49 state attorneys general last year to settle allegations of servicing malpractices does not make the banks immune to future claims under the False Claims Act. The Feb. 12 decision by Judge Rosemary Collyer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said that the landmark settlement she had approved in April 2012 does not release the from future False Claims Act claims the government may bring. Dating back to the U.S. Civil War, the FCA provides for treble damages for fraud that results in ...