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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and... more +
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and includes broad reforms related to many aspects of the financial and banking industry. Notable sections of the Act include stricter regulations of the derivatives market, as well as the Volcker Rule, which restricts the trading practices of FDIC-insured institutions.    less -
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Supreme Court punts the NBA preemption analysis back to the Second Circuit

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On May 30, 2024, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court reversed Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., and remanded it back to the Second Circuit and instructed the appellate court to analyze whether New York’s law requiring...more

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The CFPB’s Future After Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency dedicated to consumer protection in the financial sector. The CFPB’s jurisdiction includes banks,...more

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Supreme Court’s Seila Law Decision Brings Clarity to the CFPB (for Now)

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In June, the Supreme Court struck down the leadership structure of the CFPB as unconstitutional. (The case is Seila Law LLC v. CFPB, No. 19-7 (June 29, 2020), and the decision is here.) The case resolves a long-simmering...more

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Small Dollar Rule Stay Requested to Be Lifted in Recent Joint Status Report

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With the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Seila Law and Director Kathleen Kraninger’s ratification of the payment provisions of the Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans Rule (the “Small Dollar...more

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Impact of Supreme Court's Decision in "Seila Law, LLC v. CFPB"

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On June 29, 2020, the Supreme Court resolved the ongoing dispute regarding the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 591 U.S. – (2020). In a 5-4...more

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High Court’s Seila Law Decision Disappoints

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On June 29, 2020, in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a divided Supreme Court held that the statute that created the CFPB is unconstitutional because it did not vest enough powers with elected...more

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US Supreme Court Rules CFPB’s Leadership Structure is Unconstitutional but Leaves CFPB Intact

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On June 29, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States ("Supreme Court") ruled that the single-director leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau") violates the separation of powers...more

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Supreme Court Saves CFPB, But Subjects Its Director to Removal at the Will of the President | Insights

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2020, issued its decision in Seila Law v. CFPB, a case in which the petitioner challenged the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). While the Supreme Court...more

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Supreme Court Concludes That Dodd-Frank's "For Cause" CFPB Director Removal Provision Violates Separation Of Powers, But Finds...

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On June 29, 2020, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision authored by Chief Justice Roberts, held that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), which permitted the President to remove the...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: The Supreme Court Strikes Back On Single Director Leadership Structures

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In This Issue. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the single director leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for the CFPB and other...more

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CFPB’s Structure Found Unconstitutional, But Agency Will Survive

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The Supreme Court in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau held that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) violated the separation of powers, but stopped short of finding the...more

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Supreme Court Invalidates Restriction on President’s Power to Remove the CFPB Director

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On June 29, 2020, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, slip op. No. 19-7. The decision resolves a long-disputed issue regarding the constitutionality of the structure...more

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SCOTUS Upholds CFPB but not its Singular Director Structure

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is slightly less than a decade old, created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to enforce the nation’s consumer financial protection laws and ensure that consumer debt...more

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Supreme Court Rules CFPB's Structure Must Be Modified

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While declining to rule that the Consumer Financial Production Bureau (CFPB) itself is unconstitutional — a position taken by many of the agency’s opponents since it began operating in July 2011 — the U.S. Supreme Court...more

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The Supreme Court’s CFPB Decision: Implications for Consumer Finance & Other Agencies

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This week’s U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Seila Law v. CFPB reached its most widely expected conclusion, ultimately allowing the CFPB to continue to operate. But the opinion also raises questions about previously initiated...more

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United States Supreme Court Provides Little Guidance to Remedy an Unconstitutional CFPB

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has been a federal agency like no other. Born out of the last financial crisis, the Dodd-Frank Act envisioned the CFPB to be an independent agency, free of “political...more

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Supreme Court's Seila Law Has Major Implications for CFPB, All Independent Agencies

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On June 29, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Seila Law v. Consumer Protection Financial Bureau (CFPB), holding that a removal restriction limiting the president’s ability to fire and thereby control the director of...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes CFPB Director For-Cause Removal Provision

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On June 29, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, holding that the CFPB’s leadership structure—with a single director removable only for inefficiency,...more

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Supreme Court Rules That the CFPB Director Must Be Removable at Will

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 29 that the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) cannot constitutionally be subject to removal only for cause, as provided by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.30.2020 | Top Story: Supreme Court Allows President to Fire CFPB Director, Lets Agency Remain

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By a 5-4 margin, the Supreme Court has ordered the restructuring of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, “ruling the agency’s structure was unconstitutional because its director held too much unchecked power.” The fix,...more

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SCOTUS Rules CFPB’s Leadership Structure Is Unconstitutional

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By a five to four vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning in Seila Law that the CFPB’s single-director-removable-for-cause leadership structure violates the separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution. Seven of the...more

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Supreme Court Decides Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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On June 29, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, holding that the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) must be removable at will by the president. ...more

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Supreme Court: CFPB’s Structure Is Unconstitutional, Director Must Serve at President’s Pleasure

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The US Supreme Court on June 29 ruled in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) structure unconstitutionally insulates the agency from presidential oversight...more

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SCOTUS to consider Collins cert petitions on Jan. 10

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At its conference this Friday, January 10, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to consider the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the plaintiffs in Collins v. Mnuchin and the petition filed by the FHFA and Treasury...more

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Ninth Circuit Holds CFTC Dodd-Frank Enforcement Authority Allows Fraud-Only Claims

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On July 25, 2019, the Ninth Circuit reinstated the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) lawsuit in CFTC v. Monex Credit Co.,1 interpreting the CFTC’s Dodd-Frank enforcement authority under Commodity Exchange Act...more

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