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NLRB Board Member Challenges President Trump’s Executive Power

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On September 6, 2023, Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox was appointed to the NLRB by former President Joe Biden. Her five-year term was scheduled to end in 2028. ...more

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Richard Cordray’s tenure as CFPB Director is uncertain

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Clients are always asking me and others in our Consumer Financial Services Group about how long Richard Cordray will remain as CFPB Director. The short answer is nobody knows, perhaps not even Richard Cordray. ...more

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The New Administration's Plans for the CFPB Take Shape

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For those who have been wondering—as I did in a previous post—what the new presidential administration would mean for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency that has been in Republicans’ crosshairs...more

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Democratic lawmakers/ Democratic state AGs/ consumer advocacy groups seek reconsideration en banc of motions to intervene in PHH...

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After the D.C. Circuit panel issued a per curiam order on February 2 denying the three motions to intervene that were filed in the PHH case, we expected the next development in the case to be a decision by the D.C. Circuit on...more

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Some thoughts on President Trump’s authority to replace Director Cordray

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There has been some debate about President Trump’s authority to designate a replacement for Director Cordray should he resign or be removed by the President. The Dodd-Frank Act authorizes the CFPB Director to appoint a...more

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Democratic lawmakers, consumer advocacy groups seek to intervene in PHH appeal

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This past Monday, the Democratic Attorneys General of 16 states and the District of Columbia filed a motion with the D.C. Circuit seeking to intervene in the PHH appeal. Today, two more motions to intervene were filed. One...more

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Democratic state AGs seek to intervene in PHH appeal

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The Democratic Attorneys General of 16 states and the District of Columbia have filed a motion with the D.C. Circuit seeking to intervene in the PHH appeal.  The states are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa,...more

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Another view on Presidential authority to remove Director Cordray

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As rumors swirl that President-elect Trump is planning to remove Director Cordray immediately after January 20th, conflicting views have emerged about his authority to do so before the appeal in PHH is resolved. We...more

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Trump nominee to head OMB could create roadblock for CFPB regulations

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It has been reported that President-elect Donald Trump has nominated South Carolina Republican Congressman Mick Mulvaney to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Mr. Mulvaney has been described as a...more

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Ten Questions and Nine Answers about PHH and the Future of the CFPB Director

The potentially explosive combination of the D.C. Circuit’s October decision in PHH v. CFPB and the outcome of the presidential election has spurred a host of questions about how the PHH litigation may proceed and about the...more

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How does the PHH case impact presidential authority to remove Director Cordray?

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A blog post entitled “The President’s Removal Power and the PHH Litigation” by Aditya Bamzai, an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, challenges the assumption of many observers that the new...more

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CFPB Structure Hangs In the Balance as Agency Petitions D.C. Circuit for Rehearing

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed on Nov. 18, 2016, a petition challenging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's ruling in PHH Corp., et al. v. Cons. Fin. Prot. Bureau, in which...more

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