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The CFPB Survives: Our Take on the Supreme Court Decision

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On May 16, 2024, the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 opinion authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, upheld the constitutionality of the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”)....more

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FSOC Votes Unanimously to Finalize Process for Designating Nonbanks for Federal Reserve Supervision

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On November 3, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) voted unanimously to finalize the procedures for designating a nonbank financial company for Federal Reserve supervision. FSOC’s Interpretive Guidance aims to...more

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District court poised to rule on cross-motions for summary judgment in UDAAP includes discrimination lawsuit

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joined by six other trade groups, filed a lawsuit on September 28, 2022 in a Texas federal district court against the CFPB challenging the CFPB’s recent update to the Unfair, Deceptive, or...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Revisit: Our Take on the U.S. Banking Agencies' Regulatory Capital Revamp

On July 27, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, FBAs) issued their long-awaited...more

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132 Members of Congress File Amici Brief Urging Supreme Court to Find CFPB Funding Structure Unconstitutional

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As discussed here, on October 19, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited (CFSA) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) held that the CFPB’s funding...more

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Vice Chair Brainard Resigns from Fed to Head Up NEC

Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) Vice Chair Lael Brainard submitted her resignation from the FRB earlier this week, effective on or about February 20. Vice Chair Brainard is resigning from the FRB to become President Biden’s...more

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds CFPB Funding Mechanism Unconstitutional Violation of Appropriations Clause

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On October 19, 2022, three judges in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional. Specifically, the court found CFPB’s receiving...more

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Senate Confirms Michael Barr Nomination to be Fed Vice Chair for Supervision

Recently, the full Senate confirmed Michael Barr to a four-year term as Vice Chair for Supervision and to Randal Quarles’ unexpired term as a member of the Board of Governors. That unexpired term as a member of the Board will...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Sarah Bloom Raskin Withdraws from Fed Nomination

Earlier this week, Sarah Bloom Raskin withdrew her nomination to be Vice Chair of Supervision and a Governor at the Federal Reserve Board. The withdrawal follows the boycott of Ms. Raskin’s nomination, along with four other...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Overview of President Biden’s Non-Compete Agreement Executive Order 

On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. The Order, breathtaking in scope, asserts as a key goal the desire to improve the lives of consumers through...more

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The RESPONSE: Federal and State Actions Affecting the Financial Services Industry - Edition 4

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Like our clients, Holland & Knight's Financial Services Industry Group is committed to actively contributing to our nation's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and related economic fallout and recovery efforts. ...more

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Regulatory Agencies Propose to Modify Volcker Rule

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On January 30, 2020, five federal regulatory agencies, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,...more

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Bank trade groups petition Fed to engage in rulemaking on role of supervisory guidance

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The American Bankers Association and the Bank Policy Institute have sent a letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) to petition the Fed to engage in rulemaking to clarify the Fed’s September 2018...more

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US Federal Financial Regulatory Agencies Reaffirm the Role of Supervisory Guidance

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The U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection...more

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US Federal Reserve Board, OCC and FDIC Expand 18-Month Examination Cycle for Small Banks and Branches and Agencies of Foreign...

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The U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation jointly issued an interim final rule and request for comment to expand...more

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Federal banking agencies issue policy statement on interagency notification of enforcement actions

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The federal banking agencies (the Federal Reserve Board, OCC, and FDIC (FBAs)), recently issued a “Policy Statement on Interagency Notification of Formal Enforcement Actions” that is intended “to promote notification of, and...more

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Banking Regulators' Examination Authority Does Not Override Attorney-Client Privilege

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Notwithstanding the venerable status of the attorney client privilege and the important purposes it serves, the federal banking regulators and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have taken the position that they have...more

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley Discusses the Role of Incentives in Ensuring a Resilient and Robust...

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce regarding the role incentives play in ensuring a resilient and robust financial system. In his remarks, President Dudley noted...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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As we’ve been expecting, the DOJ announced yesterday that it was suing to block AT&T’s $84.5 billion bid for Time Warner over antitrust concerns....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The Systemic Risk Council—a heady group of “former top financial regulators, regulators, policymakers and academics”—is warning that the rollback of Dodd-Frank and other financial regulators could lead to bank failures and...more

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The Fed’s Open Markets Committee meets today, and despite relatively robust economic numbers of late, the lack of oped-for inflation (among other things) is likely to keep the Fed from moving on interest rates again at this...more

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Agencies announce submission of diversity self-assessments to OMWIs can begin

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In a notice to be published in tomorrow’s Federal Register, the CFPB, OCC, Fed, FDIC, SEC, and NCUA announce that the Office of Management and Budget has approved the “information collection” contained in their “Final...more

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Observation 3.0: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on the Volcker Rule and the Implications for Foreign Banks Investing in...

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1. Question: What is the Volcker Rule, and when does it take effect? Answer: The Volcker Rule was enacted into law as section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank...more

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Banking Agencies Announce EGRPRA Meeting

On September 28, the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively, federal banking agencies) announced that they will hold an outreach...more

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Financial Agencies’ Joint Diversity Standards Voluntary for Regulated Entities

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Six federal financial agencies—the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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