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House Committee Refuses To Allow CFPB Director To Appear

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/3/2013

On April 22, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) sent letters to CFPB Director Richard Cordray and CFPB General Counsel Meredith Fuchs stating that the House Financial Services Committee cannot...more

School Districts Cannot Spend Bond Money on Projects Not Disclosed to Voters - School Bonds with 55 Percent Vote Threshold Must...

by Kelly Salt | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/1/2013

The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently upheld a challenge to a school district’s spending voter-approved bond proceeds for field lighting at a high school stadium because the ballot proposition did not specifically list...more

Obama Administration Seeks Supreme Court Review Of Recess Appointment Decision

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/1/2013

On April 25, the DOJ and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a petition seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit Court’s January 25, 2013 decision invalidating the appointment of three NLRB members....more

DOJ fights back on recess appointments in Third Circuit

by Keith R. Fisher | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/6/2013

Recently the Department of Justice filed a letter brief in a case pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the hopes of dissuading that court from following the D.C. Circuit’s recent Recess Appointments...more

CFPB files another motion to dismiss in D.C. case challenging Cordray appointment

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/5/2013

Because it includes a challenge to Director Cordray’s appointment, we continue to follow the case filed this past June in federal court in Washington, D.C. by State National Bank of Big Spring against the CFPB, the Department...more

Will New U.S. Court Of Appeals Decision On ‘Recess Appointments’ Stay Dodd-Frank Powers Granted To CFPB And Vacate Certain...

by Gary Apfel, Richard Eckman, Timothy R. McTaggart, Matthew R. Silver, Richard Zack | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 3/5/2013

Holding that recess appointments authorized by the Recess Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution are limited to “intersession recesses” – “the period between sessions of the Senate when the Senate is by definition not...more

Defendants In CFPB Enforcement Action Renew Challenge To Validity Of Director’s Appointment

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 11, a law firm and related parties sued by the CFPB for allegedly deceiving consumers through a network of mortgage loan modification businesses filed a brief in which they renewed a challenge to the CFPB...more

Will The Debt Ceiling Standoff End Up In Court? [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 1/17/2013

Jan. 17 (Bloomberg Law) -- Bob Rice, Managing Partner at Tangent Capital Partners and a former federal prosecutor, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the potential for the debt ceiling fight to end up in the court...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Big Surprises For AMR, MF Global Creditors [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 12/19/2012

Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Surprises about the financial condition of MF Global Holdings Ltd. and AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines Inc., make up the first topic for discussion in the newest video by Bloomberg Law's Lee...more

Grassley: HSBC Should Face Criminal Charges [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 12/19/2012

Dec. 19 (Bloomberg Law) -- United States Senator Charles Grassley (R - Iowa) and Bloomberg Contributing Editor Neil Barofsky talk with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about HSBC's recent settlement with US authorities over claims...more

Legislation to fix CFPB privilege waiver problem passes Congress

by Barbara S. Mishkin | Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/14/2012

The U.S. Senate, by unanimous consent, has passed a bill previously approved by the House of Representatives (H.R. 4014) that amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide protection against waiver of the...more

Special Alert: Congress Passes Bill Extending Privilege Waiver Protections To CFPB

by BuckleySandler LLP on 12/13/2012

Yesterday, the Senate passed H.R. 4014, an important bill that clarifies that privileged materials produced to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) retain their privileged character as to third parties. Because the...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Patriot Coal Case Kicked From Manhattan To St. Louis [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 11/29/2012

Nov. 29 (Bloomberg Law) -- The decision sending the Patriot Coal Corp. reorganization to St. Louis will focus debate on the near impossibility of convincing a judge in New York or Delaware to send a bankruptcy somewhere else,...more

Public Employment Relations Board Has Jurisdiction Over Question Of Whether City Was Required To Meet And Confer Before Placing...

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 8/7/2012

A court of appeal recently held that a trial court erred in staying the administrative proceedings before the Public Employment Relations Board (“PERB”) that involved an unfair practices charge. The charge was brought by a...more

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House Committee Refuses To Allow CFPB Director To Appear

School Districts Cannot Spend Bond Money on Projects Not Disclosed to Voters - School Bonds with 55 Percent Vote Threshold Must...

Obama Administration Seeks Supreme Court Review Of Recess Appointment Decision

DOJ fights back on recess appointments in Third Circuit

CFPB files another motion to dismiss in D.C. case challenging Cordray appointment

Will New U.S. Court Of Appeals Decision On ‘Recess Appointments’ Stay Dodd-Frank Powers Granted To CFPB And Vacate Certain...

Defendants In CFPB Enforcement Action Renew Challenge To Validity Of Director’s Appointment

Will The Debt Ceiling Standoff End Up In Court? [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Big Surprises For AMR, MF Global Creditors [Video]

Grassley: HSBC Should Face Criminal Charges [Video]

Legislation to fix CFPB privilege waiver problem passes Congress

Special Alert: Congress Passes Bill Extending Privilege Waiver Protections To CFPB

Bill on Bankruptcy: Patriot Coal Case Kicked From Manhattan To St. Louis [Video]

Public Employment Relations Board Has Jurisdiction Over Question Of Whether City Was Required To Meet And Confer Before Placing...

False Claims Act Focus - July 2012

The AFSA proposal on privilege protection: needed fix or political roadblock?

Big Week for Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton

Will The Debt Ceiling Standoff End Up In Court? [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Big Surprises For AMR, MF Global Creditors [Video]

Grassley: HSBC Should Face Criminal Charges [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Patriot Coal Case Kicked From Manhattan To St. Louis [Video]

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