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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Standing

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 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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CFPB files opposition to preliminary injunction motion in lawsuit challenging Section 1071 final rule

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The CFPB has filed its opposition to the motion seeking a preliminary injunction filed by the plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging the validity of the CFPB’s final rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act (Rule)....more

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U.S. Supreme Court to decide CFPB’s constitutionality

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This past Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it has agreed to decide whether the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure is constitutional.  The Court granted Seila Law’s petition for a writ of...more

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FHFA reverses position (again) on its constitutionality

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In an interesting twist, the FHFA has informed the Fifth Circuit in Collins v. Mnuchin, that despite having previously advised the en banc court that it would not defend the FHFA’s constitutionality, it has reconsidered its...more

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Win Some, Lose Some: Trump Gets A Loss And A Win In The Fight To Control The CFPB

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Seyfarth Synopsis: One court upholds protection of Dodd-Frank limiting the President’s removal authority, while another court stifles a challenge against Mulvaney serving as acting Director of CFPB....more

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PHH opposes motion to intervene filed by Democratic lawmakers

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PHH has filed a response in opposition to the motion filed with the D.C. Circuit by Democratic lawmakers Senator Sherrod Brown and Representative Maxine Waters to intervene in the PHH appeal.  The lawmakers are, respectively,...more

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Supreme Court Reshapes Consumer Financial Law with Two Recent Decisions

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The Supreme Court issued two interesting decisions recently that will affect the consumer financial industry. In Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, the Court held that when it comes to Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations,...more

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

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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

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Dodd-Frank News: November 2015: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Update

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more

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D.C. Circuit Upholds Bank’s Standing to Challenge Constitutionality of CFPB

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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision dismissing a bank’s challenge to the constitutionality of the CFPB based on lack of standing. The district court had previously concluded that compliance...more

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D.C. Circuit Upholds Standing of Texas Bank in Constitutional Challenge to CFPB

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In late July, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion upholding a Texas bank’s standing to challenge the constitutionality of the CFPB. The bank filed suit in 2012, raising three...more

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D.C. Circuit Rules Small Bank has Standing to Challenge the Constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Last week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a D.C. District Court decision dismissing a bank’s complaint challenging the constitutionality of the CFPB based on lack of standing. The district court had concluded that...more

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Challenge to CFPB’s constitutionality reemerges

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The issue of the CFPB’s constitutionality reemerged last week in court and Congress. On the judicial front, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, et al. v. Lew, et al.,...more

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The District Court’s ruling in State National Bank of Big Spring v. Lew

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When the State National Bank of Big Spring case challenging the constitutionality of several titles of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) was originally filed in June 2012, I...more

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