With the 2024 election behind us and the 119th Congress now in session, the political climate has created an opportunity for meaningful statutory reforms of the federal consumer financial laws to become reality.
The 119th...more
2/6/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Regulatory Reform ,
RESPA ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS
On July 10, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a proposal to amend the existing mortgage servicing rules in Regulation X. The substance of the proposal has attracted a lot of attention and...more
9/6/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Loss Mitigation ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
RESPA ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
West Virginia v EPA
On July 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued its highly anticipated decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Townstone Financial, Inc., et al. In this pivotal decision, the...more
“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
The Supreme Court has asked the solicitor general to weigh in on an issue that could affect lenders and borrowers alike: whether the National Bank Act (NBA) trumps state laws that require lenders to pay interest on mortgage...more
Less than three years after the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed the CFPB’s appointment structure, the bureau again finds itself before the Court in what could prove the most consequential case for the financial services industry...more
On October 19, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Community Financial Services Association of America, et al. v. CFPB (CFSA v. CFPB) invalidating the CFPB’s Payday, Vehicle-Title, and Certain...more
10/21/2022
/ Appeals ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
En Banc Review ,
Payday Loans ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Regulatory Violations ,
SCOTUS ,
Separation of Powers ,
Small Dollar Lenders ,
Vehicle Title
The Eleventh Circuit’s far-reaching decision in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc. — which we previously covered on this blog — continues to raise questions for the wide range of industries that...more
Conducting a foreclosure does not make one a “debt collector,” at least for the general purposes of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). That fact is the upshot of yesterday’s unanimous Supreme Court decision in...more
The United States Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc. drastically restricting the universe of companies subject to potential liability under the Fair Debt Collection Practices...more
We are pleased to present Bradley’s annual review of significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases, developments, and trends. From a relatively short article several years ago, the Review has grown to a significant publication...more
1/10/2017
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Appeals ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Defense Contracts ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False-Certification of Conformance ,
Federal Contractors ,
FRCP 9(b) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Materiality ,
Objective Falsity ,
Off-Label Promotion ,
Overpayment ,
Public Disclosure ,
Qui Tam ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review ,
Successor Liability ,
Transfer of Venue ,
United States ex rel Nelson v Sanford-Brown ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
Whistleblowers ,
Yates Memorandum
Monday morning, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins (No. 13-1339), which addresses the question of whether a bare allegation of a statutory violation, unaccompanied by...more
Yesterday, in an opinion issued in Lawson v. FMR LLC, Case No. 12-3, the United States Supreme Court held that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 provides whistleblower protections for employees of private contractors performing...more