In recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) news, the CFPB notched a $59 million victory in Wisconsin federal court, settled an enforcement action on employment background screening and published an interpretive...more
The new executive order (EO) granting agency chiefs the power to hire administrative law judges (ALJs) according to their own standards—and eliminating the exam and competitive hiring process formerly in place—could turn the...more
8/6/2018
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As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) withdraws from enforcement, activity continues in the courts and with certain other regulators. In Texas, a federal court denied a stay of the looming compliance...more
DOJ Expands Opioid Enforcement Efforts Using Data Analytics -
On Jan. 30, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that over the next 45 days, as part of its continued increase in opioid-related enforcement, the Drug...more
2/7/2018
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Termination
Ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is constitutional and has the authority to act against companies without first adopting specific rules defining whether any specific practice is unfair, deceptive or...more