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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 10, 2022)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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CFPB Director Nomination Advances in the US Senate

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On September 21, the U.S. Senate voted 49-48 along party lines on a procedural motion to advance the nomination of current Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rohit Chopra to become the director of the Consumer...more

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Lina Khan Sworn in as New FTC Chair

On June 15, the Senate swore in President Biden nominee Lina Khan as Chair of the FTC following confirmation by vote of 69-28. Her current term on the Commission will expire on September 25, 2024. Khan noted that she looks...more

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Chopra Nomination Moves To Senate Floor Following Banking Committee Tied Vote

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The vote in the Senate Banking Committee today on Rohit Chopra’s nomination to serve as CFPB Director resulted in a 12-12 tie....more

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Key Takeaways from Chopra’s Nomination Hearing

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A&B ABstract: On Tuesday, March 2, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs convened a remote hearing to consider the nominations of Rohit Chopra to be Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial...more

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Cloture filed on Kraninger nomination

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Politico has reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture this afternoon on President Trump’s nomination of Kathy Kraninger to serve as CFPB Director. ...more

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Senate Banking Committee approves Kraninger nomination

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By a 13 to 12 party-line vote today, the Senate Banking Committee approved President Trump’s nomination of Kathy Kraninger to serve as CFPB Director. When the full Senate will consider her nomination and whether it will be...more

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Senate Banking Committee schedules August 23 vote on Kraninger nomination

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According to media sources, the Senate Banking Committee has rescheduled a vote on President Trump’s nomination of Kathy Kraninger to serve as CFPB Director for August 23. There is little doubt that the Committee will approve...more

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Senate Banking Committee Postpones Vote to Confirm Kraninger

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As we previously reported, Kathy Kraninger, President Trump’s nominee to become the next CFPB Director, testified at a hearing of the Senate Banking Committee on July 19. ...more

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Senate Banking Committee to Vote on CFPB, SEC Nominees

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The Senate Banking Committee is expected to vote on the following nominations on Thursday, Aug. 2: - Kathy Kraninger to be director of the CFPB...more

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Democrats Decry Kraninger at Hearing, but Republicans Appear Supportive

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Thursday’s Senate confirmation hearing for Kathy Kraninger, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), produced a number of testy exchanges with Democrats but no obvious obstacles to...more

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Senate Banking Committee holds hearing on Kraninger nomination

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Yesterday, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on President Trump’s nomination of Kathy Kraninger to serve as CFPB Director. Although the hearing also included the President’s nomination of Kimberly Reed to serve as...more

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What Judge Kavanaugh could mean for the CFPB as a SCOTUS justice

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As we discuss below, President Trump’s nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court could have significant implications for all federal agencies should Judge Kavanaugh be...more

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Is Kraninger’s Nomination to Head Bureau a Tactical Choice to Continue Mulvaney’s Policy Trajectory?

President Trump formally nominated Kathy Kraninger to become the new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) on June 18, 2018. While this nomination was a surprise to many due to Kraninger’s apparent...more

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CFPB News: Mulvaney Replacement, BCFP Signage and Other Musings

As the President nominates the virtually unknown Kathy Kraninger as Director, the Acting Director gets a reprieve while taking a wrecking ball to the status quo at the agency formerly known as the CFPB....more

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Kraninger to CFPB

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The White House announced over the past weekend that the president will nominate Kathy Kraninger to serve as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Little is known about Kraninger, currently an...more

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President Trump Settles on Nominee to Lead the CFPB

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This past weekend, the White House announced that President Donald Trump plans to nominate Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Associate Director Kathy Kraninger to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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Cordray's Departure Will Mean Big Changes at the CFPB

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One of two scenarios will likely occur in the near future at the CFPB. Either Director Richard Cordray will be fired by President Trump (for cause), or Cordray will resign to enter the 2018 Ohio gubernatorial race. If either...more

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Window on Washington - This Week in the Nation's Capital - Vol. 1, Issue 13

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Internal House GOP Budget Feud Threatens Agenda: House GOP efforts to write a fiscal 2018 budget are deadlocked amid Republican infighting, a divide that threatens to undermine President Donald Trump’s agenda by stalling tax...more

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Agreement Not To Filibuster Nominations For Secretary Of Labor And NLRB Avoids “Nuclear Option” In The Senate, But Poses “Time...

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate avoided the “nuclear option” on pending nominations for Secretary of Labor-Designate Thomas Perez and for a package of nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). ...more

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Senate votes in favor of cloture for confirmation of Richard Cordray as Director of the CFPB

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The Senate voted 71-29 in favor of cloture. That means that the Republicans will not use the threat of the filibuster to block a confirmation vote in the Senate of Richard Cordray’s nomination by President Obama to be...more

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Reid moves to end debate on Cordray nomination

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Politico has reported that Democratic Senator Harry Reid has officially moved for cloture on Richard Cordray’s nomination as CFPB Director as well as on several other nominations made by President Obama....more

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Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update -- July 11‚ 2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and International. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Clearly the leading news last week was the Supreme Court’s decision...more

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Further Setback for the CFPB Director’s Authority?

A split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision yesterday holding that a “recess” appointment to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was unconstitutional and invalid. NLRB v. New Vista...more

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Senate appears to be nearing vote on Cordray renomination

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Bloomberg has reported that, according to a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Senate will vote next week on whether to advance President Obama’s renomination of Richard Cordray to serve as CFPB Director....more

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