Mortgages, Dodd-Frank, Popular

President Trump Signs the First Major Financial Services Deregulation Law in a Decade

Jones Day on 6/11/2018

President Trump has signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act ("Act"), with the principal goals of promoting U.S. economic growth, recalibrating burdensome rules, and strengthening...more

Bank Deregulation Bill Becomes Law

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/29/2018

On May 24, President Trump signed into law the most significant banking legislation since the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) in 2010. The bill – named the Economic...more

President Trump signs banking bill providing Dodd-Frank relief

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/25/2018

Thursday afternoon, President Trump signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) into law. The Act was passed by the House on Tuesday by a vote of 258 to 159 and by the Senate on March...more

House Passes Banking Bill Providing Dodd-Frank Relief

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/23/2018

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed S.2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), by a vote of 258 to 159. ...more

Saved by the En Banc: CFPB Appears Here To Stay

K&L Gates LLP on 2/13/2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) has been an agency under fire. Acting Director Mick Mulvaney has begun to institute significant changes at the Bureau. And last year, a panel of the D.C. Circuit...more

CFPB Proposes Changes to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Reporting Threshold for Community Banks and Credit Unions

Kilpatrick on 7/19/2017

On July 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a proposed rule on HMDA reporting requirements for banks and credit unions that issue home-equity lines of credit (HELOCs). Under rules scheduled to...more

Dodd-Frank News - Summer 2017

Burr & Forman on 6/19/2017

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more

The Financial CHOICE Act, now closer to passage, would significantly impact the mortgage industry

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/15/2017

On May 4 H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act (the Act) introduced by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, obtained enough votes to move the bill on to the House of Representatives floor. The Act...more

Down But Not Out: The CFPB’s Future May Be Uncertain, But Industry Participants Must Remain Vigilant

K&L Gates LLP on 12/29/2016

Since its inception, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has been a lightning rod, and there is little dispute that recent events threaten, at a minimum, the current operational structure of the CFPB and...more

Commercial Mortgage Loans and CMBS: Developments in the European Market – Chapter 20

K&L Gates LLP on 12/14/2016

In late 2011 and early 2012, the fragile green shoots of recovery began to peek out from the barren blasted heath of the crisis-blown financial markets. Market activity was spurred by a rare confluence of secular trends,...more

CFPB issues Fall 2016 Supervisory Highlights

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/7/2016

In its Fall 2016 Supervisory Highlights, which covers supervision work generally completed between May and August 2016, the CFPB highlights violations found by its examiners involving origination and servicing of auto...more

D.C. Circuit Brings CFPB under Presidential Control

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 10/14/2016

On October 11, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited opinion in PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in which the Court held that the structure of the Consumer...more

Leadership Structure of CFPB Ruled Unconstitutional

Buchalter on 10/14/2016

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its ruling in PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday and determined that the single-director structure of the CFPB...more

Key Consumer Finance Takeaways from the DC Circuit’s PHH Decision

Kilpatrick on 10/13/2016

On October 11, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a highly-anticipated decision in PHH Corporation, et al., v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that has far reaching...more

DC Circuit Strikes Down CFPB Leadership Structure

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/13/2016

On October 11, 2016 the D.C. Circuit in PHH Corporation v. CFPB, No. 15-1177, struck down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) leadership structure as unconstitutional. In short, the court ruled that Congress...more

Federal Appeals Court Finds CFPB's Structure Unconstitutional

Troutman Pepper on 10/13/2016

While certainly a big blow to the Bureau, the court’s remedy did not go as far as some CFPB opponents would have liked. In a blockbuster ruling on October 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...more

CFPB’s Structure Ruled Unconstitutional but it Avoids Being Dismantled

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 10/12/2016

On October 11, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its highly anticipated opinion in PHH Corp., et al. v. CFPB, holding that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) structure is...more

Breaking News: In PHH v. CFPB, D.C. Circuit Holds that CFPB Structure is Unconstitutional

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/12/2016

Yesterday, the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in PHH Corporation v. CFPB. The court made several landmark rulings. First, it held that the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure is...more

CFPB Solicits Information On Registration System For Nonbanks

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/25/2016

In a Request for Information (RFI) posted on the Federal Business Opportunity website last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) solicited information from vendors so it can "better understand current,...more

FTC provides 2015 enforcement report to CFPB

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/7/2016

The Federal Trade Commission has provided its annual report to the CFPB covering the FTC’s enforcement activities in 2015 related to compliance with Regulation Z (Truth in Lending), Regulation M (Consumer Leasing), and...more

CFPB Examinations and Investigations: Defense Strategies and Best Practices

WilmerHale on 6/7/2016

The pursuit of examinations and enforcement actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has created new challenges for entities that provide consumer financial products and services. Given the CFPB’s broad...more

CFPB Takes Enforcement Action Against Loan Officer for Alleged Mortgage Fee Kickback Scheme

BakerHostetler on 5/30/2016

Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the issuance of a consent decree with a former mortgage loan officer arising out of alleged violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act’s...more

CFPB Releases Spring 2016 Rulemaking Agenda

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/27/2016

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released its Spring 2016 rulemaking agenda. The agenda sets the following timetables for key rulemaking initiatives: Arbitration. The Spring 2016 agenda does not...more

A Day of Reckoning for the CFPB?

Bilzin Sumberg on 5/6/2016

Virtually ever since its inception on July 21, 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has inspired wariness and skepticism in the financial institutions and financial services providers, subject to this new...more

PHH Mortgage Attacks the CFPB: Will the Bureau Become a Commission?

Baker Donelson on 4/15/2016

On April 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments in PHH Mortgage’s appeal of a $109,000,000 disgorgement order by the CFPB. The CFPB found PHH had illegally referred consumers to mortgage insurers...more

Mortgages › Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act › Today's Popular Updates

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"