Nov 23, 2022 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
CFPB Asks SCOTUS to Uphold Constitutionality of Funding Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that determined the Bureau’s funding structure was...
Oct 21, 2022 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds CFPB Funding Mechanism is Unconstitutional On Wednesday night, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited ruling which found that the independent funding mechanism Congress established to insulate the Bureau from...
Oct 14, 2022 | Congressional Legislation, Litigation, News
State AGs Sue to Halt Cancellation of Student Loan Debt Last month, Attorneys General in several states filed a complaint against President Biden, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and the U.S. Department of Education seeking to block the implementation of the...
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...
