• 08.16.18

    CFPB News: A Settlement, a Loss and More Leadership Fights

    The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) settled with a Minnesota-based bank for $30 million over the marketing and sale of its overdraft practices, and lost its suit against a law firm accused of violating the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) and Fair Debt Collection ...

  • 08.16.18

    FTC Steers Arizona Auto Dealers Into Court

    In a new complaint filed in Arizona federal court, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged a group of four auto dealers with a host of illegal activities ranging from misrepresenting and omitting key financial terms in advertisements to falsifying information on vehicle financing applications.

  • 08.02.18

    ALJs Could Get Political With New Executive Order

    The new executive order (EO) granting agency chiefs the power to hire administrative law judges (ALJs) according to their own standards—and eliminating the exam and competitive hiring process formerly in place—could turn the position of ALJ into a politicized one, critics of the move ...

  • 07.18.18

    California AG Hits Student Loan Servicer With Lawsuit

    California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a lawsuit against Navient Corp. and its subsidiaries on behalf of the estimated 1.5 million borrowers living in the state, alleging misconduct in the servicing and collection of federal student loans.

  • 07.05.18

    Might Courts Force Leadership Change at CFPB?

    The future of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) remains uncertain, as the nomination of a permanent director turned controversial, and a New York federal court ruled its structure unconstitutional.

  • 07.05.18

    CFPB News: More Reports, Settlements and Actions Dropped

    In another news-heavy cycle, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) released a report on year-end credit card borrowing, dropped a potentially major RESPA-based investigation on co-marketing practices, and reached two major settlements.

  • 07.05.18

    Lawmaker Calls On Financial Regulators to Halt ‘Regulation by Enforcement’

    Concerns about “regulation by enforcement” continue to make headlines as Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Missouri) reached out to federal financial regulators to encourage a halt to this “unsettling trend.”

  • 06.21.18

    NY Federal Judge: CFPB Structure Unconstitutional

    Dismissing the CFPB from a suit it joined with the New York attorney general, a federal judge sitting in New York has ruled that the structure of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (formerly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB) is unconstitutional, requiring ...

  • 06.20.18

    Supremes: No More Class Action Stacking

    A putative class action plaintiff may not launch a new class action lawsuit after an earlier court denies class certification if the applicable statute of limitations has run, says the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling in China Agritech v. Resh.

  • 06.20.18

    Enforcement: PHH Suit Gone but Other Enforcement Activity Continues

    As the  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) withdraws from enforcement, activity continues in the courts and with certain other regulators.

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