Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued its en banc decision in the closely-watched PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) matter. In short, the D.C. Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the structure of the CFPB, reversing its 2016 panel decision.
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The New York Attorney General’s Office has requested that a New York federal court compel a debt collection company and its owner to turn over documents in connection with a lawsuit alleging the defendants were part of a multimillion-dollar illegal debt collection scheme.
The lawsuit, brought by the Attorney General and the Consumer Financial Protection
On January 24, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a request for public comments on its use of Civil Investigative Demands or “CIDs”. The CFPB expects the request to be published in the Federal Register on January 26, and public comments will therefore be due on or around March 27.
The CFPB’s use –
On Tuesday, White House budget director and acting interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney, introduced his plan for a more tempered, data-driven, governing philosophy for the CFPB.
In a three-page memo sent to CFPB employees, Mulvaney emphasized the CFPB would continue to enforce consumer protection laws but stressed it would operate
On January 19, a federal district court judge closed the damages phase of the CFPB’s long-running challenge to CashCall’s tribal-lending operation by ordering the company and its associates to pay a $10 million penalty. While the $10 million penalty is substantial, the order stands as an impressive victory for CashCall, as the CFPB requested a
On January 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its intention to reconsider a controversial rule affecting the short-term (payday) and auto-title lending industries. This reconsideration could signal that a stripped down rule that omits a number of the rule’s more controversial provisions could be in the offing.
The original rule was finalized in October
2017 was a transformative year for the consumer financial services world. As we navigate an unprecedented volume of industry regulation and forthcoming changes from the Trump Administration, Troutman Sanders is uniquely positioned to help its clients find successful resolutions and stay ahead of the compliance curve.
In this report, we share developments on consumer
On December 27, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released “The Consumer Credit Card Market,” its report on the state of the industry. Mandated to be released every two years by the Credit Card Accountability and Disclosure Act, the report was last released in 2015. The 2017 report focused on tracking credit card market trends and
Until last week, the CFPB was accepting comments on its proposal to conduct a survey on debt collection disclosures. This survey was closely linked to the CFPB’s planned debt collection rule that would impose additional restrictions and burdensome regulations on the debt collection industry. However, on December 14, 2017 – the last day to submit
On Tuesday, December 5, 2017, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) levelled a heavy blow on a major regulatory initiative of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”): its highly controversial “disparate impact” discrimination theories as applied to pricing in the indirect automobile financing industry. The specific GAO ruling finds that a 2013 “Bulletin” stating the CFPB’s