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The staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance recently granted no-action relief for transactions under Securities Act Rule 192(a)(3)(iii) (commonly known as prong (iii)) where the...more
The CFPB has withdrawn its 1) Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)/Regulation V Proposed Rule (Data Broker Rule), 2) Prohibited Terms and Conditions in Agreements for Consumer Financial Products or Services (Regulation AA)...more
The CFPB has announced it will not make enforcement of its rule requiring financial institutions to report their lending to women-owned, LGBTQI+-owned and minority-owned small businesses a priority....more
On April 30, the CFPB announced it would not prioritize supervision or enforcement of the Section 1071 small business lending rule for entities that are not covered by the court-ordered stay. As previously covered by...more
Today’s podcast features Stephen Calkins, a law professor at Wayne State University in Detroit and former General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”). President Trump recently fired, without good cause, the...more
On May 1, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will not prioritize enforcement or supervision of its small business lending data collection rule (the “Rule”) implementing the requirements of...more
On April 30, the CFPB announced it will deprioritize enforcement and supervision of its small business lending data collection rule for institutions not covered by the stay issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more
In connection with its regulation titled Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders (the Nonbank Registration Regulation), the CFPB announced on April 11, 2025, that it "will not prioritize...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) recently announced that it plans to revisit – and potentially revise – its controversial small business data collection rule implementing Section 1071 of the...more
Our podcast show being released today is Part 1 of a repurposed interactive webinar that we presented on March 24, featuring two of the leading journalists who cover the CFPB - Jon Hill from Law360 and Evan Weinberger from...more
Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things administrative law, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more
On February 25, 2025, Judge Danny C. Reeves of the Eastern District of Kentucky granted a Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings in Forcht Bank, NA et al v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau et al, temporarily staying litigation...more
U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was appointed as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau) on Feb. 3, 2025. In his capacity as acting director, Bessent reportedly...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its long-awaited Personal Financial Data Rights rules under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act, marking a significant milestone in the regulation of...more
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered the tolling of compliance deadlines for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) Small Business Lending Data Collection final rule under...more
There are generally two paths that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) takes for rulemaking. First, there may be a specific statute that gives the FTC specific rulemaking authority, such as the Children’s Online Privacy...more
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the FTC’s controversial CARS Rule, saying that the commission violated its own procedural rules by failing to issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) before...more
Hours before a scheduled hearing yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) filed an “Emergency Notice” in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit with respect to the ongoing litigation...more
On January 17, the Chair of the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the CFPB published a blog post detailing the progress made in strengthening oversight of the real estate appraisal industry. Since April 2022, the ASC has...more
Today’s podcast episode is a repurposing of part one of our December 16 highly-attended and praised webinar consisting of Alan Kaplinsky’s exclusive interview of David Silberman, who held several senior positions at the CFPB...more
Will the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) recently promulgated open banking rule survive under the new Congress and incoming presidential administration? Two upcoming proceedings may hold the answer....more
On January 10, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) revived its policy statements on No-Action Letters (NALs) and Compliance Assistance Sandbox (CAS) Approvals. These unexpected changes come just days before...more
On January 8, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a decision and order approving the application of Financial Data Exchange, Inc. (FDX) for recognition as a standard-setting body (SSB) under the...more
On November 21, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule that deems payment app providers “larger participants” subject to the agency’s direct supervision (Rule)....more
The start of the second Trump administration is fast approaching, and it raises prospects of a renewed push for federal-level fair access to banking requirements. The first Trump administration came close to enacting such a...more