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On October 2, the OCC filed an amicus brief supporting several banking associations’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA or the Act) in the U.S. District Court for...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the April 2024 webinar....more
DWT attorneys recently filed an amicus brief on behalf of the co-chairs of the Wyoming Select Committee on Blockchain Technology in support of the application of Custodia Bank (which is a Special Purpose Depository...more
The CFPB and FTC have filed a joint amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit urging the court to reverse a district court ruling that an individual who had already received credit from the defendant...more
On September 17, 2018, four Amici filed briefs in the CFPB’s case against All American Check Cashing, which is now before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court is considering whether the structure of the CFPB is...more
Three amicus briefs have been filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of President Trump and Mick Mulvaney, who are asking the D.C. Circuit to affirm the district court’s decision denying Leandra...more
The 10-3 en banc decision in Zarda v. Altitude Express issued earlier this week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is likely to be relied on by regulators and private plaintiffs alleging violations of the...more
Five amicus briefs have been filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of Leandra English. Ms. English has appealed the district court’s denial of her preliminary injunction motion in her action...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is scheduled to hear oral argument on April 12, 2018 in Leandra English’s appeal of the district court’s denial of her preliminary injunction motion in her action seeking a...more
On January 30, 2018, the federal district court hearing Leandra English’s action seeking a declaration that she is the lawful Acting CFPB Director granted the parties joint motion to stay further proceedings pending a...more
On December 22, 2017, the Department of Justice responded to the preliminary injunction motion (“PI motion”) filed by the Lower East Side People’s Credit Union (“People’s”) in its lawsuit challenging Mick Mulvaney’s...more
Three amicus briefs have been filed in support of President Trump and Mick Mulvaney, who are opposing the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by Leandra English in her action in D.C. federal district court seeking a...more
As we’ve reported, Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union (“People’s”), filed suit in the Southern District of New York to block Mick Mulvaney’s appointment as CFPB Acting Director. On December 12, People’s filed a...more
On December 12, the Credit Union National Association (“CUNA”) filed an amicus brief in D.C. Federal District Court. In the brief, CUNA opposes Leandra English’s motion for a preliminary injunction. English seeks to block...more
Five amicus briefs were filed last Friday in support of the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by Leandra English in her action seeking a declaration that she, rather than Mick Mulvaney, has the legal right to serve as...more
Past and present Democratic Representatives and Senators filed an amicus brief in support of the motion for a temporary restraining order filed by Leandra English to block Mick Mulvaney from exercising the authority of CFPB...more
The State of Oklahoma has filed an amicus brief in support of the motion to dismiss filed by four online tribal lenders sued by the CFPB for alleged Consumer Financial Protection Act and Truth in Lending Act violations. The...more
The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in Regions Bank v. Legal Outsource PA, a case on appeal to the Eleventh Circuit that involves two important issues under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA): whether the ECOA provides a...more
Several individuals and organizations filed amicus briefs in support of the CFPB in the en banc rehearing in the PHH case. Among the amici is a brief filed by current and former members of Congress, including Chris Dodd and...more
The Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief in the case of PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and is scheduled for...more
The DOJ submitted its amicus brief in the PHH case on Friday, March 17. We have blogged extensively about this case since its inception. Unsurprisingly, the Trump DOJ supports striking from Dodd-Frank the...more
On Friday, PHH filed its opening en banc brief with the D.C. Circuit in the rehearing of its appeal of Director Cordray’s June 2015 decision that affirmed an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) recommended decision concluding...more
The D.C. Circuit has entered an order granting the unopposed motion of the United States for leave to file an amicus brief in PHH by March 17, 2017. As we previously observed, the motion appears to signal the DOJ’s intention...more
The United States, at the Solicitor General’s request, has filed an “unopposed motion” with the D.C. Circuit for leave to file an amicus brief in PHH by March 17, 2017. The motion states that both PHH and the CFPB have...more
A group of 21 current and former members of Congress and a group of 10 consumer advocacy organizations have filed amicus briefs in support of the CFPB’s petition filed with the D.C. Circuit seeking a rehearing of its decision...more