Jun 29, 2020 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
SCOTUS Rules that President Can Remove CFPB Director at Will, But Bureau Can Remain This morning, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Seila Law LLC v. CFPB, ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can remain in place, although the...
Feb 28, 2020 | Litigation, News
DOJ Backs CFPB in SCOTUS Brief Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the long-awaited Seila Law case about the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s leadership structure. While the Trump administration has argued...
Jan 27, 2020 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Lawyer Chosen to Defend CFPB Before Supreme Court Backs Agency Structure With the Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) itself opting against defending the agency’s leadership structure in the upcoming challenge to its...
Jan 10, 2020 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Progressive Groups Demand Kavanaugh’s Recusal When SCOTUS Hears CFPB Constitutionality Case With the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) soon to be argued before the United States Supreme Court, a group of progressive...
Dec 27, 2019 | Litigation, News
On March 3, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a landmark case that will determine whether the leadership structure of the CFPB is constitutional. Opponents of the Bureau have long argued that the...
Oct 22, 2019 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced today that it will appeal a district judge’s ruling that the federal regulator cannot issue a special-purpose fintech charter to a nonbank entity that is ineligible for federal deposit insurance. “The...
