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CFPB Seeking New Associate Director For Research, Markets, And Regulations

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The CFPB currently has a job posting for the position of Associate Director for Research, Markets, and Regulations....more

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CFPB Announces New Deputy Director And Additions To Executive Team

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Somewhat overshadowed by the Supreme Court’s Seila Law decision and other CFPB-related developments was the CFPB’s announcement on Tuesday of personnel changes....more

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Leonard Chanin to serve as part-time CFPB Acting Deputy Director

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According to Bloomberg Law, beginning on March 9, Leonard Chanin will serve as part-time CFPB Acting Deputy Director.  Brian Johnson, the CFPB’s current Deputy Director, is scheduled to leave the agency on March 6....more

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House Financial Services Committee passes Consumers First Act

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On March 28, 2019, the House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, by a 34-26 vote. The bill is intended to reverse various actions taken by Mick Mulvaney during his tenure as CFPB Acting...more

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Inside the Beltway: Chairwoman Waters Introduces Bill to Reverse Mulvaney Actions

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House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters recently introduced the "Consumers First Act," H.R. 1500, a modified version of a bill she introduced in the last session of Congress when Mick Mulvaney was still...more

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Senate confirms Kraninger as CFPB Director

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Thursday afternoon, by a vote of 50-49, the Senate confirmed Kathy Kraninger as CFPB Director. Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB Director has a five-year term. ...more

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Kraninger Nomination Advances in Senate

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Yesterday afternoon the Senate voted 50 – 49 to invoke cloture and proceed to debate and a final vote on the nomination of Kathy Kraninger to be the next Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (“BCFP”).  ...more

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Cloture filed on Kraninger nomination

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Politico has reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture this afternoon on President Trump’s nomination of Kathy Kraninger to serve as CFPB Director. ...more

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Trade Groups Support Confirmation of Kraninger as CFPB Director

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A number of housing and financial industry trade groups, including the Mortgage Bankers Association and Real Estate Services Providers Council, Inc. (RESPRO®), recently sent a letter to Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and...more

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Senate Banking Committee approves Kraninger nomination

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By a 13 to 12 party-line vote today, the Senate Banking Committee approved President Trump’s nomination of Kathy Kraninger to serve as CFPB Director. When the full Senate will consider her nomination and whether it will be...more

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Senate Banking Committee schedules August 23 vote on Kraninger nomination

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According to media sources, the Senate Banking Committee has rescheduled a vote on President Trump’s nomination of Kathy Kraninger to serve as CFPB Director for August 23. There is little doubt that the Committee will approve...more

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Democrats Decry Kraninger at Hearing, but Republicans Appear Supportive

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Thursday’s Senate confirmation hearing for Kathy Kraninger, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), produced a number of testy exchanges with Democrats but no obvious obstacles to...more

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President Trump issues executive order to change process used by CFPB and other federal agencies for hiring administrative law...

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In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Lucia v. SEC, President Trump has issued an executive order that changes the process used by federal agencies for administrative law judges (ALJs)....more

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Brian Johnson named CFPB Acting Deputy Director

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CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney announced yesterday that he has selected Brian Johnson, who currently serves as CFPB Principal Policy Director, to serve as Acting Deputy Director.  Before joining the CFPB, Mr. Johnson...more

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CFPB Commotion Continues: Leandra English Resigns from CFPB Deputy Director Post

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On July 6, 2018, Leandra English, through her attorney via Twitter, announced she would be resigning from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”)....more

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Might Courts Force Leadership Change at CFPB?

The future of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) remains uncertain, as the nomination of a permanent director turned controversial, and a New York federal court ruled its structure unconstitutional. Will...more

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Democratic Senators seek documents from Kraninger about her role in “zero-tolerance” policy

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Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown have sent a letter to Kathy Kraninger, President Trump’s nominee for CFPB Director, seeking documents and other information about Ms. Kraninger’s role in the development...more

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President Trump’s expected nomination of Kathy Kraninger as CFPB Director extends Mick Mulvaney’s Acting Director tenure

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According to numerous media sources, the White House announced on Friday, June 16, that President Trump plans to nominate Kathy Kraninger as CFPB Director later this week. ...more

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End of FVRA time limit on Mick Mulvaney’s Acting Director tenure drawing closer

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The end of the 210-day period during which Mick Mulvaney can serve as CFPB Acting Director under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA) in the absence of President Trump’s nomination of a permanent Director is drawing...more

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D.C. Circuit Questions English’s Standing To Challenge CFPB Control

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The battle for control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) raged on last Thursday during oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in English v. Trump....more

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Senate Banking Committee Probes Mulvaney’s Leadership at the CFPB

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On April 12, 2018, Mick Mulvaney, the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs regarding the Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report...more

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In what can only be deemed a major reversal, the White House has reportedly ordered its economic adviser and trade representative to study rejoining the Trans Pacific Partnership, just a year after yanking the US out of deal...more

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D.C. Circuit panel questions Mulvaney’s dual CFPB/OMB roles in English appeal oral argument

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On April 12, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held oral argument on the appeal brought by Leandra English, CFPB Deputy Director, of the district court’s denial of her application...more

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D.C. Circuit to live stream oral argument in English appeal

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The D.C. Circuit will live stream the oral argument scheduled for April 12 in Leandra English’s appeal in her action seeking a declaration that she, rather than Mick Mulvaney, is the lawful CFPB Acting Director. Ms. English...more

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D.C. Circuit panel members announced for English appeal

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The D.C. Circuit has released the names of the judges who will hear the oral argument scheduled for April 12 in Leandra English’s appeal in her action seeking a declaration that she, rather than Mick Mulvaney, is the lawful...more

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