Litigation

Budget bill, SCOTUS give ‘clear path’ to CFPB firings

Budget bill, SCOTUS give ‘clear path’ to CFPB firings

Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are bracing for mass layoffs now that Congress has slashed the agency’s budget in half and the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the go-ahead to gut federal agencies. Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought is expected to issue a reduction in force, or RIF, immediately after an appellate […]

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Supreme Court ruling won’t directly impact CFPB case

Supreme Court ruling won’t directly impact CFPB case

Bloomberg News The Supreme Court’s ruling allowing President Trump to proceed with mass firings of federal employees does not directly affect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to the CFPB’s employee union, which is fighting workforce reductions at the agency in court.  The CFPB’s union has a separate case pending before a panel of the

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CFPB drops Navy Federal’s  million overdraft settlement

CFPB drops Navy Federal’s $95 million overdraft settlement

Adobe Stock The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has scrapped a $95 million settlement with Navy Federal Credit Union, freeing the nation’s largest credit union from paying a $15 million fine and from refunding $80 million to service members who were illegally overcharged overdraft fees. Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought on Monday terminated the consent order

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Fintech group urges court to uphold CFPB’s open banking rule

Fintech group urges court to uphold CFPB’s open banking rule

Bloomberg News The Financial Technology Association filed a motion for summary judgment in federal court late Sunday, defending a final rule on consumer financial data rights that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Trump administration refused to uphold. The FTA said in a court filing that consumers cannot share their data without easy access

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Judge rejects CFPB motion to undo redlining settlement

Judge rejects CFPB motion to undo redlining settlement

Bloomberg News A federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s effort to undo a redlining settlement between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a Chicago mortgage lender whose CEO made comments on a talk-radio show that the agency had alleged discouraged potential Black homebuyers from applying for home loans. On Thursday, District Court Judge Franklin U.

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CFPB lawsuit hinges on Trump’s ‘faithful’ execution of laws

CFPB lawsuit hinges on Trump’s ‘faithful’ execution of laws

Bloomberg News President Trump’s efforts to unilaterally and radically reduce the workforce at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is teeing up a rarely-considered constitutional question: if Congress makes the laws and the president enforces them, can the courts intervene if they think those laws are not being enforced “faithfully?” Appellate judges overseeing the ongoing legal

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Appeals court hears CFPB argument for 90% reduction in force

Appeals court hears CFPB argument for 90% reduction in force

John Heltman A panel of appellate judges will decide whether the Trump administration can fire 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s staff through a reduction-in-force without impacting the agency’s legally-mandated work. On Friday afternoon, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard oral arguments on whether a

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Court allows fintechs to defend CFPB’s open banking rule

Court allows fintechs to defend CFPB’s open banking rule

Bloomberg News A federal judge granted the Financial Technology Association the right to intervene in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s open banking rule, allowing the fintech industry to defend a rule on consumer financial data rights that the Trump administration refused to uphold.   On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Danny Reeves said the FTA has

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Trump’s CFPB drops more than half of all pending litigation

Trump’s CFPB drops more than half of all pending litigation

The former headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with signage removed.Catherine Leffert The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dismissed or withdrawn more than half of its pending enforcement cases as the Trump administration clears the docket of work it inherited from the Biden era.  Since February, acting CFPB Director Russell Vought has dismissed 17

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