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Potential for Increased State Consumer Finance Enforcement

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A decrease in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) enforcement actions may motivate state regulators to fill the enforcement void. We have not seen a dramatic increase in state actions to date, but it will...more

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Texas Governor Signs H.B. 700; New York Legislature Passes FAIR Business Practices Act

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 700, which regulates sales-based financing transactions and requires providers and brokers of sales-based financing transactions to register with the Texas Office...more

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CFPB Narrows State Enforcement Powers by Rescinding 2022 Interpretative Rule

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On May 15, the CFPB rescinded its May 2022 interpretive rule that had expanded state enforcement authority under Section 1042 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). The Bureau now maintains that the previous...more

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Rescission of CFPB’s 2022 Interpretive Rule: A Shift in the Scope of State Enforcement Authority Under the CFPA

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On May 15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) officially rescinded its May 2022 interpretive rule concerning the scope of state enforcement authority under § 1042 of the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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CFPB Reverses Course, Withdrawing “Unprecedented” EFTA Interpretation

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Following a brief pause under new leadership, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has resumed activities, albeit significantly in retreat from the positions taken by the prior administration. In a case involving...more

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Expect To Feel Aftershocks Of Chopra's CFPB Shake-Up

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The future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — and federal enforcement of consumer financial laws more generally — is uncertain. The Trump administration has ordered the CFPB to freeze all enforcement activity,...more

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Q&A: Will States Take the Lead in Consumer Protection?

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On Saturday, February 1, Rohit Chopra was dismissed as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), with Secretary Scott Bessent appointed as Acting Director that same day. The following weekend, Office of...more

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"OVER THE LINE!"  Where Banking and Gaming Intersect, the CFPB Has Something to Say.

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The line between virtual and reality is getting thinner. Gamers pay gaming companies real currency for virtual in-game currency to buy skins, create the world they want to live in (virtually), or purchase loot that aid in...more

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Supreme Court Denies Oral Argument to Republican State AGs Who Argue That the CFPB Funding Mechanism Is Unconstitutional

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On August 21, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by West Virginia Attorney General (AG) Patrick Morrisey and 26 other state AGs to participate in oral arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) et al. v....more

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