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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently delivered its Consumer Response Annual Report for 2024, as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The report includes analyses of...more
On May 1, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced a new centralized consumer protection hotline, website, and email address, providing residents with streamlined access to state agencies for reporting scams, financial...more
State attorneys general (AGs) are increasingly shaping the enforcement landscape for consumer financial services in response to shifting federal priorities and a less active Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). These...more
On April 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) seemingly provided its employees with a memorandum outlining its ongoing supervisory and enforcement priorities (Memo). Although the Memo has not been made publicly...more
Over the past four years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sought to strengthen state and local governments’ enforcement of consumer protection laws. The CFPB has engaged in numerous coordinated federal-state...more
In a procedural decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the CARS Rule (officially, the Combatting Auto Retail Scams Trade Regulation Rule, sometimes known as the Vehicle Shopping Rule) which was...more
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
The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., a case that concerns the power of states to regulate federally-chartered banks. The Court has granted review of the case despite the...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released its Spring 2023 rulemaking agenda, signaling an expansion of its supervisory authority over the payments market. Of particular interest is the introduction of...more
The CFPB announced that it will hold a symposium on consumer access to financial records and Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act on February 26, 2020. The event will be webcast on the Bureau’s website....more
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters has introduced the “Consumers First Act” (to be designated H.R. 1500), a modified version of a bill she introduced in the last session of Congress when Mr. Mulvaney...more
A group of 11 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia AG submitted a comment letter to the CFPB on its proposed revisions to its trial disclosure policy (TDP) in which they ask the Bureau to withdraw or...more
The CFPB is proposing significant revisions to its “Policy to Encourage Trial Disclosure Programs” (TDP Policy), which sets forth the Bureau’s standards and procedures for exempting individual companies, on a case-by-case...more