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Director Cordray continues to doubt that safety and soundness concerns are raised by the final arbitration rule

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The letter-writing war between Director Cordray and Acting Comptroller Keith Noreika continues. Director Cordray sent a letter dated July 18, 2017 to Acting Comptroller Noreika in which he purports to respond to Acting...more

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Cordray remarks to MBA signal continued CFPB focus on servicing, likely petition for rehearing in PHH case

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In his remarks at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual meeting in Boston on October 25, Director Cordray signaled that mortgage servicing will continue to be a focus of CFPB supervisory and enforcement activity, with the...more

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Director Cordray Responds To Letter from Senators Seeking Tailored Rulemaking for Community Banks and Credit Unions

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Last month, a bipartisan group of 70 senators were signatories to a letter sent to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray urging the CFPB to “carefully tailor its regulations to match the unique...more

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Ruling in Favor of CFPB against Lawyer in Mortgage Relief Scam, Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Director...

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The Ninth Circuit recently considered arguments relating to an enforcement action brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) against a California attorney who was offering loan modification services. The CFPB...more

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CFPB Director Cordray Responds to Senator Corker Letter

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) responded to a letter from Senator Bob Corker (R. Tenn.) requesting the Bureau to release official guidance on what constitutes a technical error under the TILA/RESPA Integrated...more

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Ninth Circuit rejects Director Cordray’s recess appointment as defense to CFPB enforcement action; dissenting judge disagrees

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Since it was filed in a California federal court in July 2012, we have been following CFPB v. Chance Edward Gordon, a case in which the CFPB alleged that an attorney duped consumers by falsely promising loan modifications in...more

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CFPB Shines its Spotlight on Prepaid Product Complaints

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As the consumer finance industry is aware, on June 25, 2015, consumer narratives became publicly available on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Complaint Database. As of Feb. 1, 2016, the Bureau has...more

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CFPB’s Richard Cordray Issues Warning to Vendors

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray recently issued a warning to mortgage technology vendors for a lack of compliance with the CFPB’s TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) Rule. Addressing...more

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CFPB Singles Out Class Action Waivers for Elimination from Consumer Financial Arbitration Agreements

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) made clear this week that, in its view, class action waivers should be on the chopping block in the agency’s upcoming rulemaking aimed at regulating the use of arbitration...more

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PHH Wins Stay of $109M CFPB Enforcement Penalty

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On August 5, 2015, PHH Corp. (“PHH”) won a stay of the $109M penalty handed down by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) director Rich Cordray. Cordray’s aggressive legal reasoning and the harsh penalties he imposed,...more

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CFPB Director Cordray Touts Mortgage Servicing Progress, New Consumer Tools

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At a January 13 Brookings Institution event, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray delivered remarks on the current state of the mortgage market....more

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Industry trade groups provide recommendations to CFPB on TILA-RESPA implementation

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Sixteen industry trade groups, including the American Bankers Association, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and Financial Services Roundtable, have sent a letter to Director Cordray in which they requested that the CFPB...more

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Heard at the Country Music Hall of Fame: CFPB Director Performs in Nashville

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Among the displays offering tribute to Reba and The Man in Black, Richard Cordray and some of his fans at the CFPB held a public hearing at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville on March 25, 2014. Rather than the...more

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CFPB Continues Grassroots Methods to Obtain Complaints from Borrowers

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In mid-January of this year, Richard Cordray addressed mayors from around the country and explained the many ways that the CFPB is making it easier for disgruntled borrowers to lodge consumer complaints through the CFPB. At...more

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Dodd-Frank News: November 2013: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act Update

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In This Issue: - Recent Cases ..Dodd-Frank Prohibition on Arbitration ..Statutory Damages Under TILA ..Preemption ..Declaratory Relief ..HAMP Claims ..Constitutional Challenge to...more

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House members urge CFPB to delay effective dates of mortgage rules

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A letter dated November 5, 2013 to Director Cordray signed by 118 House members urges the CFPB to delay the effective dates of its ability-to-repay/qualified mortgage rule and other mortgage rules from January 2014 to January...more

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Director Cordray focuses on mortgage rules in remarks to American Bankers Association

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A substantial portion of Director Cordray’s remarks yesterday at the American Bankers Association’s Annual Convention in New Orleans was directed at justifying the Bureau’s decision not to delay the January 2014 effective...more

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Director Cordray comments on timing of further mortgage rule changes and enforcement approach

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While Director Cordray mostly recycled comments he has previously made about the CFPB’s mortgage rules in his remarks today to the American Mortgage Conference, he did offer some newsworthy information....more

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Director Cordray comments on effective date of mortgage rules, prepaid card rule and new Deputy Director

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CFPB Director Richard Cordray was among the federal financial regulators who attended a closed door meeting yesterday with President Obama. Other regulators attending the meeting included the Chairs of the Fed, FDIC and SEC....more

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Cordray advises no delay in mortgage rule implementation

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In a June 19 speech to the Exchequer Club, CFPB Director Richard Cordray advised that the Bureau fully expects all institutions to be in compliance with the new mortgage rules when they become effective in January 2014....more

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Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- March 25‚ 2013

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In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Members rushed out of town at the end of last week for a two-week...more

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You Need to Pay Attention to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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For those companies who pay attention to the always evolving regulatory environment as we do at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, you have likely heard the debate regarding the validity of rules promulgated by organizations...more

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Past CFPB actions may portend fate of mortgage rules

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Following the invalidation of three presidential “recess” appointments to the NLRB by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Noel Canning v. NRLB, theories continue to swirl about the fate of Director Cordray....more

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Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- February 4‚ 2013

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In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; Miscellaneous; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Even though the Senate sent a debt limit extension to the...more

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CFPB gets preliminary injunction in mortgage relief assistance case

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On November 16, a federal district judge in California entered a preliminary injunction in favor of the CFPB in the action it filed this past July against a law firm that offered mortgage assistance relief services to...more

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