On April 29, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted a petition for permission to appeal in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. The National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trusts filed by defendants...more
5/5/2022
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Securitization Vehicles ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Statutory Violations ,
Student Loans ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On March 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it would begin examining financial institutions for discriminatory practices under its authority to prohibit unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or...more
On February 3, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Committee”) considered President Biden’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin for Vice Chair for Supervision and a Member of the Board of...more
On February 11, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted a motion for interlocutory appeal in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. The National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trusts filed by...more
2/16/2022
/ Appellate Review ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Covered Person ,
Debt Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Statutory Violations ,
Student Loans ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On December 13, 2021, Judge Stephanos Bibas, visiting judge in the U.S. District Court for the District Delaware from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the...more
12/16/2021
/ Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Covered Person ,
Debt Collection ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lenders ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Securitization ,
Statutory Trusts ,
Statutory Violations ,
Student Loans ,
Third-Party Service Provider
On June 30, 2021, President Biden signed a joint resolution of Congress under the Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) to disapprove the OCC’s True Lender Rule. As a result, the True Lender Rule is now repealed....more
On May 11, the Senate voted 52-47 (with three Republicans joining 49 Democrats) to pass a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) to disapprove of (i.e., rescind) the Office of Comptroller of the...more
On March 26, 2021, Judge Maryellen Noreika of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v....more
4/1/2021
/ Civil Investigation Demand ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Covered Person ,
Debt Collection ,
NORA ,
Securitization ,
Seila Law LLC v Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ,
Structured Financial Products ,
Student Loans ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Trusts ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On January 19, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights focused on its COVID-19 Prioritized Assessments. As Cadwalader previously wrote, the...more
1/27/2021
/ Automotive Loans ,
CARES Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
ECOA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Mortgages ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Supervisory Highlights
On July 16, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) hosted a webinar outlining, for the first time, the CFPB’s supervisory and enforcement priorities in light of the coronavirus pandemic....more