On May 16, the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, held that the CFPB’s funding mechanism does not violate the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution. As we previously discussed in greater detail, under the...more
By a 7-2 vote today, the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a challenge to the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure, lifting a cloud that threatened the agency's enforcement and...more
On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd. In an opinion by Justice Thomas, the Court held, 7-2, that...more
“Although there may be other constitutional checks on Congress’ authority to create and fund an administrative agency, specifying the source and purpose is all the control the Appropriations Clause requires.” With these...more
On May 16, 2024, the Supreme Court reversed a Fifth Circuit decision which held that the funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) violated the Appropriations Clause. This case was viewed as pivotal to the...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a government agency that protects consumers in the financial sector, is potentially at risk following oral argument on October 3, 2023, before the Supreme Court of the United...more
On October 3, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited, where the Court is reviewing the Fifth Circuit’s opinion that struck...more
On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America. At issue is the constitutionality of the CFPB's funding structure,...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has once again faced constitutional challenges. On Oct. 19, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the agency's "unique" self-funding scheme is...more
On August 18, Judge Kenneth M. Karas of the Southern District of New York, granted the CFPB’s petition to enforce a civil investigative demand that it issued to the Law Offices of Crystal Moroney prior to the U.S. Supreme...more
Like his FY 2018 and FY 2019 budgets, President Trump’s FY 2020 budget would make the CFPB subject to the regular Congressional appropriations process....more
According to media reports, the Senate was scheduled to begin debate yesterday afternoon on H.R. 6167, the “Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019.”...more
Budget/Appropriations - April Deadline: The first deal Trump must cut is one to keep the government open past April 28, and here Republicans and Democrats mostly want him to get out of the way. Senate appropriators in...more
On Monday, Chairman Hensarling circulated a memorandum to the House Financial Service Committee Leadership Team suggesting key revisions to the CHOICE Act. It only addresses proposed changes to the CHOICE Act; several key...more
The CFPB has issued its second report entitled “Report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Pursuant to Section 1017(e)(4) of the Dodd-Frank Act.” That Dodd-Frank section requires the CFPB’s Director to submit an...more