Regulatory Oversight, Regulatory Reform, Appeals

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

The Leaked OMB Passback Document: What It Is and Isn’t

McDermott+ on 4/24/2025

Last week, a sensitive internal government document was leaked to the public: the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) passback to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) laying out proposed...more

Trump Administration appeals ruling that blocked CFPB firings

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/23/2025

The Trump Administration has appealed an order by a federal District Court Judge blocking the CFPB from firing 1483 employees effective in June 2025 and cutting off their access to CFPB work systems on April 18, 2025....more

D.C. Circuit Narrows District Court’s Preliminary Injunction in CFPB Fight

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/15/2025

Visit our resource center, CFPB Pause: Where From Here?, to stay on top of the latest and what it may mean for the federal and state regulatory and enforcement landscape. On Friday, April 11, the D.C. Circuit issued a per...more

Appeals Court blocks judge’s order temporarily prohibiting large-scale changes at CFPB

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/9/2025

The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued an administrative stay for to a judge’s order blocking wholesale changes at the CFPB....more

Service Must Revisit Whether To Delist Golden-Cheeked Warbler

Nossaman LLP on 1/16/2020

On January 15, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court decision that upheld the determination of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) denying a petition to delist the...more