A New York federal district court has denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed in January 2022 by the CFPB against three companies that purchase portfolios of defaulted debts (Corporate Defendants) and three individuals who are owners and/or officers of the Corporate Defendants (Individual Defendants).
New Jersey has made great progress on a range of crucial consumer protection issues, from last year’s legislation providing important protections against predatory lending by for-profit schools to building momentum on basic debt collection standards to fighting off efforts to allow problematic earned wage access products.
NEW YORK – On Tuesday, October 3rd, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd. The Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) is asking the Supreme Court to affirm the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that threatens the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding and existence
Two hours of debate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court are in the books in a case that could impact the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at a critical time for the agency, consumers, and the financial services industries it oversees.
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure in what is the most significant test of the agency's 13-year existence, with several of the justices expressing skepticism toward arguments that the mechanism is outside the bounds of the Constitution.