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Freedom of Information Act › Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

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The Freedom of Information Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1966 to promote government transparency and the free exchange of public information. Under FOIA, any individual can request federal... more +

The Freedom of Information Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1966 to promote government transparency and the free exchange of public information. Under FOIA, any individual can request federal agency records and enforce that right in a court of law. However, not all agency records can be requested; there are nine exempt categories of information. In addition to the federal law, many states have passed their own freedom of information acts. These acts are often similar but not always identical to the federal version. less -

CFPB Bites of the Month - February 2024 - "I Got You, CFPB".

Hudson Cook, LLP on 3/1/2024

In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the February 2024 webinar....more

FOIA Request Seeks Names of Organizations That Have Received Payments from CFPB’s Civil Penalty Fund

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/27/2024

Federal News Wire – a non-partisan news group focusing on the activities of federal agencies – has issued a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, seeking a list of all...more

CFPB to Supervise Fintechs Based on Consumer Risk

Goodwin on 5/10/2022

Continuing a trend of expanding its supervisory scope, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on April 25, 2022 that it will examine fintechs and other nonbank financial enterprises, based on reasonably...more

Financial Services Weekly: Amendments To SEC Proxy Solicitation Rules Approved By A 3-1 Vote

Goodwin on 8/3/2020

In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its proxy solicitation rules that will modify the practices of proxy advisory firms, providing them with greater transparency and...more

BCFP finalizes amendments to Disclosure of Records and Information rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/3/2018

On September 12, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) issued a final rule that amends the procedures used by the public to obtain information from the Bureau under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the...more

Financial Services Weekly Roundup - June 2018 #4

Goodwin on 6/28/2018

Editor's Note - SEC Administrative Law Judge Appointments Are Subject to the Appointments Clause. On June 21, in a majority opinion in Lucia v. SEC delivered by Justice Elena Kagan, the United States Supreme Court held that...more

Non-profit group files FOIA action against CFPB for access to arbitration rule records

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/16/2016

The Cause of Action Institute has filed an action against the CFPB under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking information related to the CFPB’s proposed arbitration rule. In its complaint filed in D.C. federal...more

Ballard Spahr Partner Dee Spagnuolo Joins CFPB OMWI Director on Panel at ABA Meeting

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/19/2016

Ballard Spahr Partner Dee Spagnuolo joined Director Stuart Ishimaru of the CFPB’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion and other industry leaders for the panel discussion "Diversity and Dodd-Frank Section 342," on September...more

Ballard Spahr partner Dee Spagnuolo joins CFPB OMWI Director on panel at ABA meeting

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/12/2016

Members of Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services group recently participated in the American Bar Association Business Law Section Annual Meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts. On September 8, Ballard partner, Dee...more

CFSA FOIA request to CFPB yields positive comments from payday loan customers

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/9/2016

The Consumer Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) issued a statement in which it reported that documents it received from the CFPB in response to a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request filed on December 31, 2015...more

Texas Bankers Association files FOIA request with CFPB

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/31/2015

The Texas Bankers Association (TBA) announced on its website that it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request with the CFPB to obtain all documentation the CFPB requested from bank software processors on the...more

CFPB Public Database Provides Access to Close to Half a Million Consumer Complaint Narratives

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/27/2015

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently launched public access to its Consumer Complaint Database (Database), which is the nation’s largest public collection of consumer financial complaints. According to the...more

FOIA Lawsuit Filed Challenging CFPB Research Methodology

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/21/2015

The law firm Covington & Burling LLP has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the CFPB in Washington, D.C. federal district court seeking information relating to the CFPB’s report on, “Consumer Voices on...more

CFPB Issues New Manual for Company Responses to Detailed Consumer Complaints

Carlton Fields on 5/22/2015

On May 15, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("the Bureau") issued an updated Company Portal Manual (“the Manual”) containing new guidance and instructions for companies to respond to consumer complaints filed with the...more

CFPB Proposes No-Action Letter Policy for Innovators

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/17/2014

The CFPB published for comment in today’s Federal Register a proposed policy on issuing “no-action” letters for innovative financial products or services. Like those issued by the SEC and CFTC, the no-action letters would...more

D.C. federal court reconsiders decision on FOIA requests to CFPB

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/1/2014

Last September, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. issued an opinion on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests made by Judicial Watch to the CFPB for documents relating to Richard Cordray’s recess appointment as...more

Newspaper publisher sues CFPB for documents on headquarters renovation

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/24/2014

We recently reported that the CFPB had issued its first Annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Report which provided statistical information for FOIA requests the CFPB received in FY 2013. It turns out that one of those...more

CFPB issues FOIA reports

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/18/2014

Last week, the CFPB issued its first Annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Report, which was accompanied by the report of its Chief FOIA Officer. The Chief FOIA Officer’s report contains narrative answers to a series of...more

D.C. federal court issues decision on FOIA requests to CFPB

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/16/2013

Although the controversy over the validity of Richard Cordray’s recess appointment as CFPB Director effectively ended with his confirmation by the Senate this past July, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for...more

Legal aid group files FOIA appeal with CFPB seeking release of mortgage complaint narratives

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/13/2013

MFY Legal Services, an organization whose services include providing free legal assistance to New York City residents, has appealed the CFPB’s decision to withhold mortgage complaint narratives it requested pursuant to the...more

CFPB Issues Final Rule On FOIA And Litigation Procedures

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 2/18/2013

The CFPB has issued a final rule that establishes procedures for the public to obtain information from the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, under the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act of 1974, and in legal...more

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