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Appeals court reinstates injunction against CFPB’s workforce reduction, requiring assessment of employee necessity

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/5/2025

On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order reinstating a preliminary injunction against the CFPB’s proposed reduction in force (RIF). The U.S. District Court for the District...more

D.C. Circuit Reinstates Injunction Blocking CFPB’s Mass Layoffs

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/2/2025

On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated a district court order blocking the CFPB from conducting a large-scale reduction in force. The decision reversed an earlier partial stay that had...more

Judge Halts CFPB Layoffs Again

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/21/2025

At an emergency hearing this morning in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought, Judge Amy Berman Jackson once again halted the layoffs of over 1,000 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The judge...more

Judge bars CFPB mass firings

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/21/2025

The judge who barred the Trump Administration from dismantling the CFPB says the agency cannot implement plans to fire the majority of the bureau’s employees at this stage....more

D.C. Circuit Court Partially Stays Injunction in NTEU v. CFPB

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/16/2025

On April 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order partially staying the district court’s preliminary injunction in the ongoing legal dispute between the National Treasury Employees...more

Appeals Court blocks judge’s order temporarily prohibiting large-scale changes at CFPB

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/9/2025

The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued an administrative stay for to a judge’s order blocking wholesale changes at the CFPB....more

Full D.C. Circuit Court Reinstates Wilcox to the NLRB

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/8/2025

On April 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held that President Trump’s termination of National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) Member Gwynne Wilcox was unlawful. The decision marks...more

Split D.C. Circuit Panel Rules Trump Can Remove Wilcox from NLRB – NLRB to Stay Without a Quorum

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/2/2025

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a favorable ruling for President Trump, staying a recent district court decision that ruled his termination of National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”)...more

D.C. Federal Court Judge Blocks Efforts to Dismantle the CFPB

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/1/2025

Recently, Judge Amy Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction sought by the National Treasury Employees Union, over efforts by Acting Director Russell Vought to...more

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