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Texas Judge Rules CFPB Did Not Exceed Authority in Issuing Small Business Reporting Rule

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In a tentative win for the CFPB, a federal judge in Texas ruled on August 26, 2024, that the agency did not exceed its authority when it issued its final Section 1071 small business lending rule. The court also rejected...more

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Texas Federal District Court Rejects All Administrative Procedure Act Challenges to CFPB’s Section 1071 Final Rule

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Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) motion for summary judgment on all Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenges brought...more

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CFPB files its reply brief in support of the CFPB’s motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction in the credit card late fee...

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On August 22, 2024, the CFPB filed its reply brief in support of its motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction and lift the stay of the CFPB’s credit card late fee final rule (“Rule”) in the lawsuit challenging the Rule....more

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Unlawful funding argument raised in challenge to final CFPB rule

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We have previously blogged about how targets of CFPB enforcement actions have asserted that the actions must be dismissed because the investigations were conducted and the lawsuits were brought and are being prosecuted with...more

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CFPB Issues Interim Final Rule Memorializing Updated Compliance Dates for Section 1071 Final Rule

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As discussed here, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), which upheld the CFPB’s funding...more

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CFPB announces March 30, 2025 compliance date for payday lending rule

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In a blog post published at the end of last week, the CFPB announced that its payday lending rule (Rule) would go into effect on March 30, 2025.  Because the Rule’s ability to pay requirements were rescinded, the only...more

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Texas District Court Orders Transfer of the Credit Card Late Fee Rule Lawsuit to D.C. … Again: Fifth Circuit Promptly Issues Stay

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On Tuesday, the lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) credit card late fee rule (Final Rule) was ordered to be transferred from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...more

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Fifth Circuit relinquishes jurisdiction to Federal District Court Judge Pittman in credit card late fee rule case

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On Friday May 24, in response to the CFPB’s motion requesting the Fifth Circuit to accelerate the issuance of its mandate from July 9, 2024 with respect to its earlier dismissal of the plaintiffs’ appeal, the Fifth Circuit...more

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Was it a pyrrhic victory for the CFPB in the Supreme Court in CFSA v. CFPB?

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On May 16, Justice Thomas issued the majority opinion in which the Supreme Court held, by a 7-2 vote, that the CFPB’s funding mechanism comported with the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution which states, in relevant...more

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More twists and turns in industry lawsuit challenging CFPB credit card late fee rule

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After bouncing from the Texas federal district court to the D.C. federal district court to the Fifth Circuit and back again to the Texas federal district court, the industry lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s credit card late fee...more

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On Heels of Supreme Court Decision, CFPB Announces Updated Compliance Dates for its 1071 Rule

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As discussed here, last week the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited (CFSA) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) holding that...more

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The Decision Is In: The Supreme Court Upholds the CFPB’s Funding Structure

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited (CFSA) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) holding that the CFPB’s...more

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Texas federal district court asks parties to chart next steps in case challenging CFPB credit card late fee rule

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This week, the Texas federal district court hearing the industry lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule) issued the following unusual order...more

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Plaintiffs file brief in support of preliminary injunction and response to petition for panel rehearing in credit card late fee...

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On April 26, 2024, Plaintiffs filed their response to the CFPB’s Petition for a Panel Rehearing with the Fifth Circuit in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s credit card penalty fees rule (Rule). On the same date, the...more

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Trade groups file lawsuit in Texas federal court challenging CFPB final credit card late fee rule and ask for preliminary...

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Just two days after the CFPB issued its final credit card late fee rule (Rule) last week, a lawsuit was filed in a Texas federal district court seeking to invalidate the Rule. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the Chamber of...more

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Plaintiffs and intervenors file summary judgment motion in Texas lawsuit challenging CFPB small business data collection rule

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The plaintiffs and intervenors in the lawsuit filed in a Texas federal district court challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule implementing Section 1071 of Dodd-Frank (Rule) have filed a consolidated motion...more

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Update: Congress Passes Resolutions to Override CFPB’s Section 1071 Final Rule, Biden Vows to Veto

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As discussed here, this summer, Representative Roger Williams (R-Texas) and Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced identical Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions in the U.S. House and Senate (H.J. Res. 66 and S. J....more

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CFPB issues Semi-Annual Report to Congress; CFPB Director Chopra to appear before House and Senate Committees this week (UPDATED)

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Last week, the CFPB issued its Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period beginning October 1, 2022 and ending March 31, 2023. ...more

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Small Business Lenders Score Big Relief: Texas Federal District Court Grants Nationwide Injunction Against CFPB’s Implementation...

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In a major victory for small business lenders, yesterday the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted motions filed by three groups of trade association intervenors to extend the court’s existing...more

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Kentucky Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Enjoining CFPB’s Enforcement of its Section 1071 Rule Until After U.S....

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On September 14, a federal district court in the Eastern District of Kentucky became the second court to issue an order granting, in part, a plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining the Consumer Financial...more

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Is there a better route to nationwide relief than multiple preliminary injunction motions in the Texas lawsuit challenging the...

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This past Thursday, August 31, another preliminary injunction motion was filed in the Texas lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s small business lending rule (Rule). The latest motion was filed by XL Funding, LLC d/b/a Axle...more

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Several Trade Associations Join Calls to CFPB to Stay Implementation of its Section 1071 Final Rule

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On August 18, the American Financial Services Association, Consumer Bankers Association, CRE Finance Council, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Federally-Insured...more

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Plaintiffs in Kentucky lawsuit challenging CFPB final small business lending rule file motion for preliminary injunction

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The Kentucky banks and Kentucky trade association that filed a lawsuit in a Kentucky federal district court challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule) have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction. ...more

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CFPB releases update for small business lending data filing instructions guide

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The CFPB has released an update to the Filing Instructions Guide for Small Business Lending Data. The Guide is intended to serve as a set of resources for entities who will be required to file small business lending data with...more

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Texas federal court grants credit union motion for leave to intervene in lawsuit challenging CFPB final small business lending...

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A Texas credit union and two credit union trade associations have been granted leave to intervene in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule) that is pending in a Texas federal district...more

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