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‘Very, Very Fuzzy’: Opinion Overruling Chevron Creates Uncertainty for Regulated Industries

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Our recent webinar featured a conversation with noted legal scholars Craig Green, Charles Klein Professor of Law and Government at Temple University Beasley School of Law, and Kent Barnett, recently appointed Dean of the...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - September 2024

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week... ...more

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Texas Judge Rules CFPB Did Not Exceed Authority in Issuing Small Business Reporting Rule

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In a tentative win for the CFPB, a federal judge in Texas ruled on August 26, 2024, that the agency did not exceed its authority when it issued its final Section 1071 small business lending rule. The court also rejected...more

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NCLC Asks CFPB to Consider Residential Leases as Credit for Specific Purposes

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The National Consumer Law Center is asking the CFPB, by way of a petition, for rulemaking that is long on policy arguments but woefully short on legal support, as we note below, to define residential leases as “credit” under...more

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Texas Federal District Court Rejects All Administrative Procedure Act Challenges to CFPB’s Section 1071 Final Rule

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Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) motion for summary judgment on all Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenges brought...more

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CFPB files its reply brief in support of the CFPB’s motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction in the credit card late fee...

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On August 22, 2024, the CFPB filed its reply brief in support of its motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction and lift the stay of the CFPB’s credit card late fee final rule (“Rule”) in the lawsuit challenging the Rule....more

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Lender Fights Back Against CFPB Lawsuit, Arguing Unconstitutional Delegation of Power and Other Constitutional Violations

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On July 30, 2024, Heights Finance Holding Co. f/k/a Southern Management Corporation and a group of its wholly-owned, state-licensed subsidiaries (collectively, “Southern”) filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings (the...more

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CFPB: Payday Plaintiffs Not Entitled to En Banc Rehearing

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The plaintiffs challenging the CFPB payday lending rule should not be entitled to an en banc rehearing because the issues they cite already have become final and the time for rehearing has lapsed, the CFPB said last week...more

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Plaintiffs file their brief in opposition to CFPB’s motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction in the credit card late fee...

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On August 8, 2024, the plaintiffs filed their brief in opposition to the CFPB’s motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s credit card late fee final rule (“Rule”). In their brief, the...more

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CFPB Issues Circular, Warning Against Whistleblower Intimidation

On July 24, 2024, the CFPB issued a circular detailing how companies may be breaking the law by requiring employees to sign broad nondisclosure agreements that could deter whistleblowing.  Under Section 1057(a) of the...more

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CFPB Refiles its Notice of Supplemental Authority in Support of its Motion to Transfer Venue under Section 1406(a) and Motion and...

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On July 18, 2024, in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s credit card late fee rule (Rule), the CFPB refiled its notice of supplemental authority in support of its motion to dismiss or transfer the case, motion to dissolve the...more

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The Supreme Court’s Overruling of Chevron is a Sea Change

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We already have published a short blog about the Supreme Court’s opinion issued on Friday, July 28 in Loper Bright Enterprises et al v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al, No. 22-451....more

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Update on CFPB payday lending rule: “it ain’t over ‘till it’s over”

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On June 14, the CFPB announced that its payday lending rule would become effective on  March 30, 2025.  However, the CFPB ignored the possibility of further litigation in CFSA v. CFPB, the case challenging the payday lending...more

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Fifth Circuit (again) rejects transfer of credit card late fee case to D.C.

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On June 19, 2024, the Fifth Circuit dissolved the district court’s order transferring the case challenging the CFPB’s credit card late fee rule. In granting the writ of mandamus filed by the plaintiff trade associations...more

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CFPB Issues RFI on Mortgage Closing Costs

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to fees charged by providers of mortgages and related settlement services. In his statement, Director Chopra discussed...more

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CFPB announces March 30, 2025 compliance date for payday lending rule

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In a blog post published at the end of last week, the CFPB announced that its payday lending rule (Rule) would go into effect on March 30, 2025.  Because the Rule’s ability to pay requirements were rescinded, the only...more

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Fifth Circuit relinquishes jurisdiction to Federal District Court Judge Pittman in credit card late fee rule case

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On Friday May 24, in response to the CFPB’s motion requesting the Fifth Circuit to accelerate the issuance of its mandate from July 9, 2024 with respect to its earlier dismissal of the plaintiffs’ appeal, the Fifth Circuit...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - April 2024 # 5

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

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DC federal court vacates CFPB’s prepaid card short-form disclosure for digital wallet products

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The D.C. federal district court has granted PayPal’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s prepaid card rule (Prepaid Rule) and vacated the Prepaid Rule’s short-form disclosure requirement as...more

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CFPB and plaintiffs fully brief motion for preliminary injunction in trade group lawsuit regarding final credit card late fee rule

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed an opposition brief (the “Opposition”) on Tuesday in response to a request by plaintiff trade groups to enjoin the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (the “Final...more

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Trade groups file lawsuit in Texas federal court challenging CFPB final credit card late fee rule and ask for preliminary...

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Just two days after the CFPB issued its final credit card late fee rule (Rule) last week, a lawsuit was filed in a Texas federal district court seeking to invalidate the Rule. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the Chamber of...more

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Plaintiffs and intervenors file summary judgment motion in Texas lawsuit challenging CFPB small business data collection rule

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The plaintiffs and intervenors in the lawsuit filed in a Texas federal district court challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule implementing Section 1071 of Dodd-Frank (Rule) have filed a consolidated motion...more

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Plaintiffs file memorandum opposing FDIC’s motion to dismiss challenge to NSF fee guidance

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On February 14, 2024, the Minnesota Bankers Association and Lake Central Bank (the “Plaintiffs”) filed their memorandum in opposition to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) motion to dismiss their challenge to...more

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ABA issues white paper on agency guidance and sends letters to regulators commenting on recently-issued guidance

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The American Bankers Association (ABA) has issued a new white paper, “Effective Agency Guidance: Examining Bank Regulators’ Guidance Practices,” that is intended to help agencies issue guidance that complies with legal...more

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Trade groups file lawsuit in Texas federal court challenging final OCC/FDIC/Federal Reserve Community Reinvestment Act rules

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Several national and Texas banking and business trade groups have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenging the final regulations (Final Rules) implementing the Community...more

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