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Ninth Circuit Rejects Director Cordray's Recess Appointment as Defense to CFPB Enforcement Action; Dissenting Judge Disagrees

Since it was filed in a California federal court in July 2012, we have been following Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Chance Edward Gordon, a case in which the CFPB alleged that an attorney duped consumers by...more

U.S. Senators urge expedited CFPB action on small business lending data collection rules

We recently blogged about an American Banker article written by officials of three community groups that urged President Obama to publicly denounce Director Cordray for failing to issue regulations implementing the small...more

Community groups want CFPB action on small business lending data collection rules

A recent American Banker article written by officials of three community groups urges President Obama to publicly denounce Director Cordray for failing to issue regulations implementing the small business lending data...more

Reid moves to end debate on Cordray nomination

Politico has reported that Democratic Senator Harry Reid has officially moved for cloture on Richard Cordray’s nomination as CFPB Director as well as on several other nominations made by President Obama....more

Update on cases challenging Cordray appointment

We have been following two federal court cases that involve challenges to Director Cordray’s appointment. The California case, CFPB v. Chance Edward Gordon, was filed in summer 2012 by the CFPB against an attorney and his law...more

Republican Senators file amicus brief supporting certiorari in NLRB v. Noel Canning

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and his 44 Senate Republican colleagues have filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in NLRB v. Noel Canning....more

Congressional Research Service issues two reports on Canning decision

The D.C. Circuit’s January 2013 decision in Noel Canning v. NLRB is the subject of two recently-issued reports by the Congressional Research Service. The decision held that President Obama’s recess appointments of three...more

Third Circuit hears oral argument in another NLRB case challenging recess appointments

“Can we duck the [recess appointments] issue?” That question was asked yesterday by one of the members of the three-judge panel hearing oral argument on the National Labor Relation Board’s application to enforce its order in...more

Full U.S. Supreme Court rejects application challenging NLRB recess appointments

On Tuesday, we reported that attorneys for a Connecticut nursing home company were attempting to have an emergency application challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor...more

Application to U.S. Supreme Court challenging NLRB recess appointments rejected by Justice Ginsburg; referral to Justice Scalia...

Attorneys for a Connecticut nursing home company are attempting to have an application challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board referred to Justice...more

Seventh Circuit dismisses NLRB recess appointment challenge

Because of their potential implications for the validity of CFPB Director Cordray’s appointment, we have been following several pending cases challenging the National Labor Relations Board’s authority to take various actions...more

President signs ATM fee sticker bill and CFPB privilege waiver bill

On December 20, 2012, President Obama signed into law (1) the bill amending the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (H.R. 4367) to eliminate the ATM fee sticker requirement, and (2) the bill amending the Federal Deposit Insurance...more

Oral argument held in case challenging NLRB recess appointments

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in Noel Canning v. National Labor Relations Board. The outcome in the case could have implications for the validity of CFPB Director Cordray’s...more

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