Judge Rules HSBC’s Outside Monitor’s Secret Report Should Be Made Public

Decision could upend way companies privately hash out deals with government

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RACHEL LOUISE ENSIGN

Jan. 29, 2016 11:46 a.m. ET

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the public has a right to see a secret report on HSBC Holdings PLC’s fight to keep out dirty money, a decision that could upend the way companies privately hash out deals with the government.