With May having begun, we have entered the zone in which the Supreme Court will be announcing decisions in the most important cases of this term. Among them is Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, a...more
This month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in a pair of cases that have the potential to profoundly alter the landscape of technology regulation in the United States: Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a government agency that protects consumers in the financial sector, is potentially at risk following oral argument on October 3, 2023, before the Supreme Court of the United...more
Early in October, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd (CFPB v. CFSA). The appeal stems from a 2021 Western District of...more
The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument on March 3, 2020, in Seila Law v. CFPB. The case involves a constitutional challenge to the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by a California law firm under...more
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday morning in Seila Law. The two questions before the Court are whether the provision in Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act that only allows the President to remove the CFPB...more
The U.S. Supreme Court entered an order last Friday that divides and enlarges the time for oral argument in Seila Law, which is scheduled for March 3. ...more
Seila Law has filed a motion with the U.S. Supreme Court requesting an enlargement of the time allocated for oral argument (scheduled for March 3) and a division of the time to accommodate “the unusual circumstances for oral...more
Seila Law and the CFPB filed their briefs yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court. Both briefs address the question presented in Seila Law’s certiorari petition, which is whether the CFPB’s...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument in Seila Law on March 3, 2020. The question presented in Seila Law’s petition is whether the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure violates the...more
Although the CFPB now agrees that its structure is unconstitutional, it has filed a brief opposing the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari Before Judgment filed by All American Check Cashing with the U.S. Supreme Court. All...more
As expected, the U.S. Supreme Court’s grant of Seila Law’s cert petition is impacting other cases in which the CFPB’s constitutionality has also been challenged. ...more
This morning the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339. As our loyal blog readers know, this is a case that corporate counsel need to follow closely in light of the stakes for the...more