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Venable LLP

When Can the FTC, and CFPB, State Consumer Credit Regulators Pierce the Corporate Veil?

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Does Ownership and Management Structure Matter? Fiduciary Relationships - Special confidence placed in one who in equity and good conscience is bound to act in good faith and in due regard to the one reposing confidence....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - June 29, 2020

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Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, No. 19-7: Congress established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) in light of the 2008 financial crisis to be an independent regulatory agency. Unlike...more

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Another Court Upholds CFPB’s Constitutionality: Does It Matter?

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 6 upheld the constitutionality of the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In CFPB vs. Seila Law LLC, a panel of the court determined that the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

New Year, New CFPB? Kraninger Memo Sparks Debate

Perhaps setting the tone at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau), new Director Kathy Kraninger urged Bureau employees to “vigorously enforce the law” but refrain from presuming guilt about industry...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Mulvaney to CFPB: No More ‘Regulation by Enforcement’

In an email to staff leaked to ProPublica, Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney questioned the “previous governing philosophy” of the bureau, and he signaled a major shift in enforcement methodologies and priorities by...more

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Will CFPB Director Richard Cordray's Resignation Usher in a New Era of Financial Services Regulation?

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On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Richard Cordray, the confirmed Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau") as of July 16, 2013, revealed that he will leave that position by the end of the month....more

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Cordray to Resign as CFPB Director

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In an email to CFPB staff on Wednesday, Director Richard Cordray announced that he will resign by the end of November. Although it is rumored that Director Cordray will run for governor of Ohio, he did not specify his future...more

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CFPB Director Richard Cordray Resigning

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In news that is still breaking, the first and only Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director, Richard Cordray, has announced he will be resigning at the end of this month....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Individual Liability: What’s Behind The Headlines?

It’s been open season on financial institutions since the 2008-2009 financial crisis (“Financial Crisis”). State and federal prosecutors and regulators are competing with each other for press coverage of their latest consent...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Has Authority to Bring Actions Against a Non-Depository Institution’s Related Persons; Are Payday Lenders Next?

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act grants to the U.S. Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “CFPB”) the power to bring actions against “related persons” of non-depository institutions. A...more

K&L Gates LLP

Individual Liability in CFPB Enforcement Proceedings

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To date, the CFPB has brought 12 cases—out of more than three dozen total CFPB enforcement cases—in which it named individuals as defendants or respondents liable for violations of consumer protection statutes. Below, we...more

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Impasse on CFPB Director Resolved

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One of the most unsettled issues facing mortgage servicers and lenders has been the uncertainty regarding the host of new regulatory rules regarding loan servicing and origination set to go into effect on January 10, 2014....more

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Further Setback for the CFPB Director’s Authority?

A split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision yesterday holding that a “recess” appointment to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was unconstitutional and invalid. NLRB v. New Vista...more

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