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Banking Sector Constitutional Challenges Trump Administration

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NCUA board members challenge unprecedented removal by President Trump

On April 28, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the removal of two Senate-confirmed members of the NCUA Board by President Trump. The plaintiffs allege that their...more

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Kansas Bank's Suit Could Upend FDIC Enforcement Authority

On Nov. 19, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a notice of assessment finding that between December 2018 and August 2020, CBW Bank — a single-branch bank in Weir, Kansas — failed to maintain an adequate...more

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SEC Adopts Rule Providing New Regulatory Framework For Fund-Of-Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it adopted Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), providing a new regulatory framework for fund-of-funds and final...more

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If the CFPB is Unconstitutional, Can Its Prior Actions be Unwound?

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There are widespread expectations that the Supreme Court, following an oral argument last week, may rule that part of the law that created the CFPB is unconstitutional. As a result, many business executives, in particular,...more

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Court Rules That Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is Unconstitutional

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Summary of SDNY order holding that CFPB is unconstitutional - CFPB v. RD Legal Funding, LLC, 17-cv-890 (June 21, 2018, S.D.N.Y.) - Last week, a federal court in New York ruled that the entire Consumer Financial...more

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Senate Banking Committee Probes Mulvaney’s Leadership at the CFPB

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On April 12, 2018, Mick Mulvaney, the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs regarding the Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report...more

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Will the New Year Bring a New CFPB? Planning in the Wake of Uncertainty

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) in July 2010 in the wake of a financial crisis, as an independent agency tasked with...more

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CFPB’s Effort to Axe Class Waivers Gets Axed by the Senate

By the hair of its chinny chin chin, the Senate voted on Tuesday to nullify the CFPB’s previously announced final rule that would have prohibited banks, credit card companies, and other financial service entities from...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Wells Fargo’s Board Chair, Stephen Sanger, did survive his reelection vote the other day. Barely. But Breakingviews thinks he should think awfully hard about his future as a Director at the bank....more

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Richard Cordray’s tenure as CFPB Director is uncertain

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Clients are always asking me and others in our Consumer Financial Services Group about how long Richard Cordray will remain as CFPB Director. The short answer is nobody knows, perhaps not even Richard Cordray. ...more

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The New Administration's Plans for the CFPB Take Shape

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For those who have been wondering—as I did in a previous post—what the new presidential administration would mean for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency that has been in Republicans’ crosshairs...more

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Cordray’s CNBC interview answers few questions

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Recently, Richard Cordray was interviewed by CNBC while eating breakfast at a diner in his hometown in Ohio.  The interview was more noteworthy for what it failed to cover than for what it covered.  He was not asked the...more

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Democratic lawmakers/ Democratic state AGs/ consumer advocacy groups seek reconsideration en banc of motions to intervene in PHH...

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After the D.C. Circuit panel issued a per curiam order on February 2 denying the three motions to intervene that were filed in the PHH case, we expected the next development in the case to be a decision by the D.C. Circuit on...more

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Democratic lawmakers, consumer advocacy groups seek to intervene in PHH appeal

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This past Monday, the Democratic Attorneys General of 16 states and the District of Columbia filed a motion with the D.C. Circuit seeking to intervene in the PHH appeal. Today, two more motions to intervene were filed. One...more

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Democratic state AGs seek to intervene in PHH appeal

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The Democratic Attorneys General of 16 states and the District of Columbia have filed a motion with the D.C. Circuit seeking to intervene in the PHH appeal.  The states are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa,...more

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Director Cordray’s Wall Street Journal interview today

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Here are the highlights from Richard Cordray’s interview earlier today with the Wall Street Journal. He refused to respond to the question of whether or not the memo issued on January 20 on behalf of President Trump by...more

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Democratic leadership plans to oppose change in CFPB structure

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As Inauguration Day approaches, the rhetoric about the CFPB’s future continues to heat up.  American Banker reported that, on a conference call with reporters earlier this week, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer stated...more

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Another view on Presidential authority to remove Director Cordray

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As rumors swirl that President-elect Trump is planning to remove Director Cordray immediately after January 20th, conflicting views have emerged about his authority to do so before the appeal in PHH is resolved. We...more

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Lawmakers take sides on Director Cordray’s future; Senator Warren urges consumer advocates to defend CFPB

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Battle lines over Director Cordray’s future at the CFPB are predictably forming along party lines. Earlier this week, two Republican senators sent a letter to Vice President-elect Pence urging Director Cordray’s removal by...more

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Trump nominee to head OMB could create roadblock for CFPB regulations

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It has been reported that President-elect Donald Trump has nominated South Carolina Republican Congressman Mick Mulvaney to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Mr. Mulvaney has been described as a...more

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Ten Questions and Nine Answers about PHH and the Future of the CFPB Director

The potentially explosive combination of the D.C. Circuit’s October decision in PHH v. CFPB and the outcome of the presidential election has spurred a host of questions about how the PHH litigation may proceed and about the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Trump Administration: Change By Appointment

The election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States, along with the Republican control of the majority of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, will likely result in significant changes in...more

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