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In Brief - - The Senate passed H.R. 1, as amended, 51-50 on July 1, 2025 (legislative day began on June 30, 2025). Vice President JD Vance broke the tie by voting for the measure and presiding over the closing of the vote....more
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released a report titled “Standing Up for New York Consumers – How New York State and New York City can Strengthen Consumer Financial Protection in the Trump Era,” which called for the...more
Accusing the Trump Administration of “dismantling” the CFPB, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on city and state officials to fill the void by strengthening consumer protection laws and rules in the city and...more
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans cannot use the pending budget reconciliation bill to eliminate funding to the CFPB in a June 23, 2025,...more
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that a key Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Banking Committee) provision that would eliminate all funding for the CFPB cannot be included in the massive budget reconciliation...more
The Senate Banking, Housing and Affairs Committee (Banking Committee) would eliminate the CFPB’s current funding source, as part of Committee’s Republican version of its part of the massive budget reconciliation bill,...more
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an extensive budget reconciliation bill that would reduce the CFPB budget by 70 percent. In a 215-214 vote along party lines, the budget cut first approved by the House Committee...more
Every year, foreign lenders make thousands of loans to U.S. entities. The U.S. withholding tax on the related interest payments has been generally stable since 1984. The general rule is that interest paid under these loans...more
We are pleased to share with you our latest publication, “Navigating Change: First 100 Days under the Trump Administration,” authored by our Digital Assets + Blockchain team. This retrospective examines the pivotal...more
The huge FY26 budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” contains provisions that would slash CFPB spending....more
On May 5, 2025, the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee and Agriculture Committee released a draft bill that would shift oversight of most digital assets from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more
The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services on April 30, 2025, voted to approve Republican-backed budget legislation that would eliminate almost all funding to the CFPB. In a 30-22 vote along party lines, the draft...more
A group of 23 Democratic AGs and Hawaii’s Office of Consumer Protection sent a letter to U.S. House of Representatives leaders urging them to vote against House Joint Resolution 59, which would overturn the CFPB’s 2024 Rule...more
Among other significant rulemakings that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized in the waning days of the Biden Administration were 1) an overdraft fees final rule that applies to banks and credit unions...more
House Financial Institutions Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., said last week that his subcommittee will place a high priority on changing the CFPB’s structure and funding....more
On Tuesday, March 5th, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee debated several bills that could have a significant impact on capital formation in private and public markets. The bills reflect the ongoing push for...more
President Trump's recent executive order "Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology" promoted the development of dollar-backed stablecoins as official U.S. policy. To facilitate this policy, Congress...more
Legislation that would eliminate all funding for the CFPB has been introduced in the House and Senate, with the main House sponsor now calling for the bill to be placed on a fast track by including it in budget...more
On March 28, 2019, the House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, by a 34-26 vote. The bill is intended to reverse various actions taken by Mick Mulvaney during his tenure as CFPB Acting...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
Yesterday, federal officials unveiled an ongoing EEOC investigation into whether Uber “discriminated against women in hiring and pay” that began last August. The news extends Uber’s streak of investigations and brutal PR well...more
"A Financial System that Creates Economic Opportunities: Banks and Credit Unions," a Report by the Department of the Treasury, identifies potential reforms that would promote the "Core Principles for Regulating the United...more
On June 8, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a bill designed to replace many of the financial regulations imposed by Dodd-Frank. Among other things, the Financial CHOICE Act would...more
Mega luxury brand news yesterday, as LVMH announced a series of moves that, combined with $13.1 billion, helped it take over the 70-year-old French fashion house Christian Dior....more
The House Financial Services Committee has released the witness list for the hearing it will hold this Wednesday, April 26, 2017, to discuss the Financial CHOICE Act....more