News & Analysis as of

Constitutional Challenges › Supreme Court of the United States › Financial Regulatory Reform

Ballard Spahr LLP

What in the world does birthright citizenship have to do with consumer financial services?

Ballard Spahr LLP on

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

Disparate Impact Executive Order and HUD to Reconsider Disparate Impact Rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on

President Trump recently signed an Executive Order entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy“ to eliminate the use of disparate impact liability. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Lending company seeks rehearing of $134M CFPB restitution order

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on

On March 3, a lending company and its affiliates petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for rehearing of a January ruling that upheld a $134 million restitution order in favor of the CFPB (covered by...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: Trump's Executive Order on Independent Agencies—and Asserting the Unitary Executive (Part 1)

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on

Despite the tone and tint of recent headlines, President Trump's February 18, 2025, "Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies" Executive Order (the "Accountability EO") appears to be the latest in a long line of efforts to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB announces March 30, 2025 compliance date for payday lending rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In a blog post published at the end of last week, the CFPB announced that its payday lending rule (Rule) would go into effect on March 30, 2025.  Because the Rule’s ability to pay requirements were rescinded, the only...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SCOTUS rules CFPB’s funding mechanism is constitutional

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, ruled yesterday that the CFPB’s funding mechanism does not violate the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

U.S. Senate Fails to Override Veto of Legislation Rejecting CFPB Section 1071 Small Business Lending Rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on

As previously reported, in late December 2023 President Biden vetoed legislation adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate under the Congressional Review Act to override the CFPB’s final Section 1071 small...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Update: Congress Passes Resolutions to Override CFPB’s Section 1071 Final Rule, Biden Vows to Veto

Troutman Pepper Locke on

As discussed here, this summer, Representative Roger Williams (R-Texas) and Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced identical Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions in the U.S. House and Senate (H.J. Res. 66 and S. J....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Fifth Circuit stays further proceedings in CFPB appeal of summary judgment in lawsuit challenging UDAAP exam manual changes...

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Earlier this month, the CFPB filed a notice with the Texas federal district court that it is appealing to the Fifth Circuit the district court’s order granting summary judgment to a group of trade associations in their...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CBA urges House leadership to enact legislation to change CFPB leadership structure to bipartisan commission

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The Consumer Bankers Association has sent a letter to the leadership of the House of Representatives urging the House to enact legislation that replaces the CFPB’s single director leadership structure with a five-person,...more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide