On July 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a proposed rule that would alter the current Regulation X mortgage servicing procedures in favor of a system that broadly construes requests for assistance, and...more
On August 26, 2024, a federal district court for the Southern District of Texas granted summary judgment in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s favor and rejected a challenge to the CFPB’s Final Rule regarding section...more
On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a proposed rule that would scuttle the current Regulation X mortgage servicing procedures in favor of a system that broadly construes requests for assistance...more
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overruled the Chevron doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The decision eliminated the requirement that courts must defer to agency interpretations of the federal laws they...more
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Statutory Interpretation
The Supreme Court recently issued a pair of unanimous decisions clarifying how arbitration clauses impact litigation. One decision restricts a court’s discretion to dismiss—rather than stay—litigation after ordering the...more
UPDATE: Minutes after the below QuickStudy was published, the CFPB declared that it will issue an interim final rule to extend compliance deadlines for the Final Rule. The earliest compliance date will be extended from...more
On October 26, 2023, the Southern District of Texas entered a nationwide injunction staying the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent Final Rule regarding data collection for commercial lenders under the Equal Credit...more
Rio Bank, the American Bankers Association and the Texas Bankers Association have sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and have moved for preliminary injunctive relief to suspend the CFPB's recent final rule...more
On May 14, 2023, the American Bankers Association joined a lawsuit filed by the Texas Bankers Association and a Texas bank, suing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to obtain a declaratory judgment invalidating the...more
On February 10, 2023, the Illinois General Assembly introduced the “Small Business Truth in Lending Act”, which would require lenders to make TILA-like disclosures for small business commercial loans. If passed, Illinois...more
On January 11, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule that would require certain nonbanks to disclose provisions in form contracts that waive consumer rights. The CFPB would then make those terms...more