Nov 8, 2023 | Litigation, News, Online Lending, Tribal Sovereignty
Minnesota AG Sues Three Tribal Lenders Earlier this month, Minnesota Attorney General (AG) Keith Ellison filed a federal lawsuit against three Tribally-owned online lending companies, which his office says “issued thousands of loans to consumers in Minnesota that...
Oct 9, 2023 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Supreme Court Signals Skepticism on Claims CFPB is Unconstitutional Since it was created, opponents of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have argued that its funding structure—among other elements—was unconstitutional. Last October, those opponents got a...
Jul 26, 2023 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Supreme Court Schedules Arguments in CFPB Constitutionality Case for October The Supreme Court recently announced its October argument calendar—the first month of the court’s next annual term—which includes the case involving the constitutionality of the Consumer...
May 19, 2023 | Congressional Legislation, Litigation, News
144 Current and Former Members File Amicus Brief Supporting CFPB in SCOTUS Case Earlier this month, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chairman of the Senate...
Mar 24, 2023 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
As SCOTUS Plans to Make Determination, Second Circuit Rules CFPB’s Funding is Constitutional Last week, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) through the...
Mar 1, 2023 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Supreme Court Opts to Hear CFPB Funding Case On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its long-awaited decision to hear a landmark case in its next term, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Community Financial Services Association of...