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Supreme Court Allows President Trump to Remove Democratic CPSC Commissioners

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In a significant decision with broad implications for the structure and independence of federal regulatory agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court on July 23, 2025, granted President Trump’s request to remove three Democratic...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Court Orders Reinstatement of CPSC Commissioners After Unlawful Firing by the Trump Administration

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On Friday, Judge Matthew J. Maddox of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the removal of Democratic Commissioners from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) without cause was unlawful....more

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Has Humphrey’s Executor Been Effectively Overruled on the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket with Impact on the FTC?

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The Supreme Court last week granted the stay requested by the Government enjoining the enforcement of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s orders involving President Trump’s firing of members of the National...more

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Ousted Democratic NCUA board members file suit

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The two Democratic NCUA board members ousted by President Trump have filed suit, arguing that their firings violated federal law....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

PHH v. CFPB, Part I: President of Consumer Finance No More

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In response to a challenge from mortgage servicer PHH Corp. regarding the constitutionality of the single director structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the CFPB or Bureau), the United States Court of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Appellate Court Decision Holding CFPB Unconstitutional Promises Significant Implications

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In a landmark decision issued last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) structure violated the Constitution’s separation-of-powers requirements. In...more

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U.S. Court of Appeals Rules Current Structure of CFPB Unconstitutional

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) reign as an unchecked power just suffered a significant check. On Oct. 11, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that the CFPB’s structure was...more

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CFPB Declared Unconstitutional

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The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today ruled on a critical case “about executive power and individual liberty.” In the matter of PHH Corporation, et. al., v. the Consumer Financial...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

CFPB Single-Director Structure Deemed Unconstitutional

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Yesterday—in PHH Corp. v. CFPB—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (the “D.C. Circuit”) held that the single-director structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is unconstitutional,...more

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