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Appeals Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

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CFPB dismisses and withdraws from several cases

Recently, the CFPB has been actively dismissing or withdrawing from multiple cases following stays and joint dismissals. These include disputes originated under the previous administration involving banking associations,...more

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CFPB Seeks Dismissal of Pending UDAAP Examination Manual Litigation

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The CFPB on April 30, 2025, filed a joint stipulation to dismiss its appeal pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding an agency policy that expands the scope of antidiscrimination oversight....more

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Fifth Circuit Agrees to Dismiss CFPB’s UDAAP Examination Manual Appeal, Aligning with Bureau’s New Regulatory Priorities

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On May 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) appeal concerning the vacated amendments to its Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts and Practices...more

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Ninth Circuit denies rehearing of lending company’s restitution challenge

On April 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a loan company’s petition for rehearing and or rehearing en banc. The lender contested that the $134 million legal restitution it was mandated to pay to the...more

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Litigation Byte (February 2025 Edition)

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The District of Maryland rejected a plaintiff’s arguments that a debt collector’s verification of a debt in response to a letter refusing to pay, but disputing the debt, violated the cease communication directive under the...more

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5th Circuit grants stay over 2022 changes to CFPB’s examination manual

On February 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the CFPB’s unopposed request to stay a pending appeal for 90 days to give the acting director, Russell Vought, time to review the CFPB’s position in this...more

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Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in FDCPA Debt Dispute Case

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This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision reversing a summary judgment order in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) case. The court found that there were genuine issues of...more

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Fourth Circuit Reiterates that Absent Class Members Must Suffer Actual Harm

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On January 23, 2025, the Fourt Circuit, in Alig v. Rocket Mortg., LLC, No. 22-2289, 2025 WL 271563 (4th. Cir. Jan. 23, 2025), reversed the District Court’s decision that a certified class action. In Alig, the plaintiffs filed...more

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Ninth Circuit upholds CFPB’s restitution order against lending company, affirming waiver of jury trial rights

On January 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit published an opinion in a case involving a consumer lending company’s appeal of the district court’s order to pay more than $134 million in legal restitution,...more

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9th Circuit affirms decision in FCRA, CFPA, and TSR suit

In December, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling holding an individual liable for violations of the FCRA, the TSR, and the CFPA after the defendant, who allegedly “played a...more

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CFPB and NYAG file response and reply briefs in RD Legal

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The CFPB and the New York Attorney General have filed their response and reply briefs in the Second Circuit, where the CFPB and NYAG filed appeals from the district court’s decision and RD Legal Funding filed a cross-appeal. ...more

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CFPB and NYAG file opening briefs with Second Circuit in RD Legal Funding case

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The CFPB and New York Attorney General have filed their opening briefs in their appeals to the Second Circuit in RD Legal Funding. ...more

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NY Attorney General files appeal with Second Circuit in RD Legal Funding case

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The New York Attorney General, on October 12, 2018, filed an appeal with the Second Circuit from Judge Preska’s dismissal on September 12 of all of the NYAG’s federal and state law claims, and her subsequent September 18...more

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All American Check Cashing files reply brief in Fifth Circuit interlocutory appeal

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All American Check Cashing has filed its reply brief in its interlocutory appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from the district court’s ruling upholding the CFPB’s constitutionality....more

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CFPB files appeal with Second Circuit in RD Legal Funding case

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As expected, following Judge Preska’s dismissal on September 12 of all of the New York Attorney General’s federal and state law claims, the CFPB filed an appeal with the Second Circuit from Judge Preska’s June 21 ruling in...more

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CFPB files opposition brief in Fifth Circuit interlocutory appeal of All American Check Cashing

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The CFPB has filed its opposition brief in the interlocutory appeal of All American Check Cashing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from the district court’s ruling upholding the CFPB’s constitutionality....more

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Fifth Circuit agrees to hear challenge to CFPB’s constitutionality

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has agreed to hear an interlocutory appeal challenging the CFPB’s constitutionality requested by the defendants in a lawsuit filed by the CFPB in 2016 that alleges the...more

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Collection Letter Making Settlement Offer for Time-Barred Debt Can Violate FDCPA Without Legal Action Threat, Third Circuit Rules

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A letter sent to collect a time-barred debt that makes a settlement offer can, even without a threat of legal action, violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's (FDCPA) general prohibition against a debt collector's use...more

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600,000 Reasons to Comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit—which covers federal courts in North Carolina—recently affirmed a borrower’s victory against a loan servicer under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). In...more

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D.C. Circuit hears oral argument on CFPB authority to issue CID to college accrediting organization

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Last week, the D. C. Circuit held oral argument in the CFPB’s appeal from the D.C. federal district court’s April 2016 ruling that the CFPB exceeded its statutory authority when it issued a CID to the Accrediting Council for...more

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CFPB Suffers First Official CID Challenge

On April 21, 2016, Judge Richard J. Leon of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on the first judicial challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB,” or “Bureau”) authority to...more

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