The reinstatement of two Democratic NCUA board members has been put on hold by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia....more
7/30/2025
/ Administrative Agencies ,
Appeals ,
Board Members ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Agencies ,
Injunctions ,
Judicial Authority ,
NCUA ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Removal For-Cause ,
Stays ,
Trump Administration ,
Wrongful Termination
An ex parte temporary restraining order has been issued against the participants in a debt relief services scheme that allegedly targeted seniors, including veterans, using a variety of deceptive practices, including falsely...more
7/29/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Debt ,
Debt Relief ,
Debt-Relief Industry ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Ex Parte ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fraud ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Scams ,
Statutory Violations ,
Telemarketing ,
Telemarketing Sales Rule ,
TRO ,
UDAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Veterans
A Federal Judge has ruled that two NCUA board members were illegally fired by President Trump and has restored their positions on the board. ...more
7/24/2025
/ Administrative Agencies ,
Appeals ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Agencies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
NCUA ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Trump Administration ,
Wrongful Termination
Last Friday, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion in Trump v. CASA, Inc. covering three separate lawsuits that were consolidated for purposes of argument and decision, held that Federal Courts may not grant a universal...more
Despite massive attempted layoffs and cancellation of third-party vendor contracts, the Trump Administration did not and does not intend to shut down the CFPB, a Justice Department attorney told a federal appeals court on...more
5/21/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Deregulation ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Agencies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Layoffs ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions
The short answer is that the outcome of the Supreme Court hearing (whose oral argument is scheduled for May 15 at 10 am) is of immense importance to all stakeholders in the consumer financial services industry. We will...more
5/8/2025
/ Banks ,
Citizenship ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Trump Administration
The podcast we are releasing today is part 1 of a re-purposed webinar we produced on March 25 titled “The Impact of the Election on the CFPB - Part 4.” As a result of the diminishing impact of the CFPB on enforcing the...more
4/24/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banks ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Retail Banks ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The Trump Administration has appealed an order by a federal District Court Judge blocking the CFPB from firing 1483 employees effective in June 2025 and cutting off their access to CFPB work systems on April 18, 2025....more
4/23/2025
/ Appeals ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Deregulation ,
Employees ,
Employment Litigation ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Agencies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Judicial Authority ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Voluntary Reduction in Force
The CFPB is rescinding its existing enforcement and supervision priority documents, according to a memo sent to bureau staff by CFPB Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta....more
4/18/2025
/ Banks ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Discriminatory Lending Practices ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mortgages ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Student Loans ,
Supervisory Guidance ,
Trump Administration
Our podcast show being released today is part 2 of a repurposed interactive webinar that we presented on March 24 featuring two of the leading journalists who cover the CFPB - Jon Hill from Law360 and Evan Weinberger from...more
4/17/2025
/ Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
At the request of both sides of the lawsuit, a federal judge has voided the CFPB’s credit card late fee rule....more
4/16/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Judicial Authority ,
Late Fees ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Settlement ,
Trump Administration
Our podcast show being released today is Part 1 of a repurposed interactive webinar that we presented on March 24, featuring two of the leading journalists who cover the CFPB - Jon Hill from Law360 and Evan Weinberger from...more
4/10/2025
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Loans ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Small Business
The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued an administrative stay for to a judge’s order blocking wholesale changes at the CFPB....more
4/9/2025
/ Administrative Agencies ,
Appeals ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Deregulation ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Agencies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Judicial Authority ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Stays ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions
Our podcast show today features Professor Dan Awrey of Cornell Law School, and Matt Lambert, Deputy General Counsel of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (“CSBS”) who discuss the pros and cons of Congress enacting a...more
Today’s podcast show features a discussion with Professor Gregory Klass of Georgetown University Law School about an article he co-authored with Professor Ian Ayres, entitled “How to Use the Restatement of Consumer Contracts:...more
On June 6 of last year, Prof. Hal Scott of Harvard Law School was our podcast guest. On that occasion he delved into the thought-provoking question of whether the Supreme Court’s decision on May 16 in the landmark case of...more
In a significant ruling on February 18, 2025, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals determined that National Bank Act (NBA) does not preempt the procedural “right to cure” notice requirements mandated by the Wisconsin Consumer Act...more
Oregon may become the latest state attempting to stop out-of-state banks from “exporting” home-state interest rates on loans made to Oregon consumers. Like similar legislation adopted by Colorado in 2023, House Bill 2561...more
2/25/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Depository Institutions ,
DIDMCA ,
FDIC ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interest Rates ,
Loans ,
Oregon ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Usury
Our podcast show today features Jason Mikula, publisher of Fintech Business Weekly; a newsletter going beyond the headlines to analyze the technology, regulatory and business model trends, driving the rapidly evolving...more
Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. have introduced bipartisan legislation that could cap credit card interest rates at 10%....more
2/12/2025
/ Annual Percentage Rate (APR) ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Debt ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interest Rates ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
Today’s podcast show is a repurposing of the second half of a webinar we produced on January 17, 2025. That webinar was Part 3 of our webinar series entitled “The Impact of the Election on the CFPB and Others.” In Part 3, we...more
Seventeen financial services trade groups are calling on the CFPB to abandon its plan to amend rules under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to vastly expand the scope of the FCRA by redefining what a “consumer report” is...more
2/11/2025
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rulemaking Process
Today’s podcast show is a repurposing of Alan Kaplinsky’s “fireside chat” with Matthew J. Platkin, the New Jersey Attorney General, which was the first half of a webinar we produced on January 17, 2025. That webinar was Part...more
Today’s podcast show features a discussion with Julie Andersen Hill about her law review article titled “Regulating Bank Reputation Risk”, 54 GA. L. Rev. 523 (2023). Professor Hill is the Dean and Wyoming Excellence Chair of...more
Our podcast show today features John Culhane and Mike Kilgarriff, partners in Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services group. They discuss what supervision and enforcement will look like under a new acting...more