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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act › Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) › Government Agencies

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and... more +
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and includes broad reforms related to many aspects of the financial and banking industry. Notable sections of the Act include stricter regulations of the derivatives market, as well as the Volcker Rule, which restricts the trading practices of FDIC-insured institutions.    less -
Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB covered by executive order on plan for reorganizing the executive branch

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President Trump has signed a new executive order entitled “Presidential Executive Order on a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch.” Unlike the regulatory freeze memo issued on Inauguration Day by...more

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PHH v. CFPB, Part I: President of Consumer Finance No More

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In response to a challenge from mortgage servicer PHH Corp. regarding the constitutionality of the single director structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the CFPB or Bureau), the United States Court of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Appellate Court Decision Holding CFPB Unconstitutional Promises Significant Implications

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In a landmark decision issued last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) structure violated the Constitution’s separation-of-powers requirements. In...more

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U.S. Court of Appeals Rules Current Structure of CFPB Unconstitutional

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) reign as an unchecked power just suffered a significant check. On Oct. 11, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that the CFPB’s structure was...more

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Court of Appeals Says CFPB Is Unconstitutional; Rejects Agency Effort to Apply New Interpretation of Law Retroactively

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The courts are now reacting to what some view as regulatory overreach flowing from U.S. laws enacted in the wake of the financial crisis. The most recent example is the October 11, 2016 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals...more

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CFPB Declared Unconstitutional

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The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today ruled on a critical case “about executive power and individual liberty.” In the matter of PHH Corporation, et. al., v. the Consumer Financial...more

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CFPB Single-Director Structure Deemed Unconstitutional

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Yesterday—in PHH Corp. v. CFPB—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (the “D.C. Circuit”) held that the single-director structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is unconstitutional,...more

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