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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and... more +
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and includes broad reforms related to many aspects of the financial and banking industry. Notable sections of the Act include stricter regulations of the derivatives market, as well as the Volcker Rule, which restricts the trading practices of FDIC-insured institutions.    less -
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CFPB Wins at the Supreme Court

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On May 16, the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, held that the CFPB’s funding mechanism does not violate the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution. As we previously discussed in greater detail, under the...more

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Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Structure, Clears Way for Payday Lending Rule Implementation

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By a 7-2 vote today, the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a challenge to the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure, lifting a cloud that threatened the agency's enforcement and...more

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Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Structure as Constitutional

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On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd. In an opinion by Justice Thomas, the Court held, 7-2, that...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of CFPB’s Funding Mechanism

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“Although there may be other constitutional checks on Congress’ authority to create and fund an administrative agency, specifying the source and purpose is all the control the Appropriations Clause requires.” With these...more

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Supreme Court Rules That the CFPB Is Constitutionally Funded

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On May 16, 2024, the Supreme Court reversed a Fifth Circuit decision which held that the funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) violated the Appropriations Clause. This case was viewed as pivotal to the...more

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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Agency Tasked With Helping Students Make Informed Decisions About Paying for College

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a government agency that protects consumers in the financial sector, is potentially at risk following oral argument on October 3, 2023, before the Supreme Court of the United...more

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C[FPB] You Later? Agency’s Future Hangs in the Balance After Oral Argument

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On October 3, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited, where the Court is reviewing the Fifth Circuit’s opinion that struck...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Whether CFPB's Funding Mechanism Is Constitutional

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On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America. At issue is the constitutionality of the CFPB's funding structure,...more

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Fifth Circuit Rules CFPB's Self-Funding Mechanism Is Unconstitutional

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has once again faced constitutional challenges. On Oct. 19, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the agency's "unique" self-funding scheme is...more

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NY Federal District Court Grants CFPB Petition To Enforce CID Ratified By Director Kraninger

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On August 18, Judge Kenneth M. Karas of the Southern District of New York, granted the CFPB’s petition to enforce a civil investigative demand that it issued to the Law Offices of Crystal Moroney prior to the U.S. Supreme...more

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President Trump’s FY 2020 budget continues attempt to subject CFPB to appropriations process

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Like his FY 2018 and FY 2019 budgets, President Trump’s FY 2020 budget would make the CFPB subject to the regular Congressional appropriations process....more

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Dramatic changes to CFPB proposed by House not part of appropriations bill under consideration by Senate

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According to media reports, the Senate was scheduled to begin debate yesterday afternoon on H.R. 6167, the “Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019.”...more

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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Hensarling Proposes Changes to the CHOICE Act.

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On Monday, Chairman Hensarling circulated a memorandum to the House Financial Service Committee Leadership Team suggesting key revisions to the CHOICE Act. It only addresses proposed changes to the CHOICE Act; several key...more

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CFPB issues second appropriations report

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The CFPB has issued its second report entitled “Report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Pursuant to Section 1017(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Act.” That Dodd-Frank section requires the CFPB’s Director to submit an...more

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