News & Analysis as of August 3, 2025

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Supreme Court temporarily allows independent labor board firings; impact on FTC, NCUA ousters is unclear

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/28/2025

In a move that could have ramifications for lawsuits filed by former FTC and NCUA board members, by a vote of 6-3 the Supreme Court has issued a stay that prohibits the Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board...more

DOJ lawyers, National Treasury Employees Union attorney square off in appeals court over CFPB firings

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/21/2025

Despite massive attempted layoffs and cancellation of third-party vendor contracts, the Trump Administration did not and does not intend to shut down the CFPB, a Justice Department attorney told a federal appeals court on...more

Unintended Consequences of the SEC’s Buyouts: Few “Going-Away” Parties

Cooley LLP on 5/13/2025

As noted in this USA Today article, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Mark Warner sent a letter a few weeks ago to the GAO requesting an investigation into the impact of the SEC’s recent buyouts and the upcoming layoffs resulting...more

D.C. Circuit Reinstates Injunction Blocking CFPB’s Mass Layoffs

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/2/2025

On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated a district court order blocking the CFPB from conducting a large-scale reduction in force. The decision reversed an earlier partial stay that had...more

GAO agrees to investigate attempted CFPB firings, other recent bureau actions

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/1/2025

The Government Accountability Office has agreed to investigate recent CFPB moves to fire more than 1,400 employees and the impact it and other agency actions have had on the bureau’s ability to operate....more

Judge Halts CFPB Layoffs Again

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/21/2025

At an emergency hearing this morning in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought, Judge Amy Berman Jackson once again halted the layoffs of over 1,000 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The judge...more

CFPB issues reduction in force, district court holds hearing and delays firings

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/21/2025

On April 17, the CFPB issued a reduction in force (RIF) to notify employees of their release due to the elimination of their positions. In the RIF, the Bureau stated reductions were necessary to restructure the Bureau’s...more

Judge Jackson schedules hearing for 11:00 AM today regarding mass layoffs at the CFPB

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/18/2025

It was reported last night that the CFPB had laid off about 90% of its staff. This came on the heels of the CFPB providing each of its employees with its 2025 Supervisory and Enforcement Priorities which calls for a much...more

FDA Reduction-In-Force expected to impact drug & biologic review and regulation, other operations

Hogan Lovells on 4/3/2025

Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced an impending reduction in force (RIF) of approximately 10,000 positions, including about 3,500 Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...more

Mass Layoffs Begin At the FDA

ArentFox Schiff on 4/3/2025

As a further update to our alert from March 27, the Trump Administration began mass layoffs at US health agencies on April 1....more

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