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Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more
The Department of Education has announced that it has selected former CFPB Director Richard Cordray as the Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid. In addition to having served as CFPB Director, Mr. Cordray formerly...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB ) rescinded Bulletin 2015-05, RESPA Compliance and Marketing Services Agreements on October 7, 2020, stating that the bulletin did not provide the regulatory clarity necessary...more
Although it will not be published in time for holiday gift giving, pre-orders are being taken for a new book written by former CFPB Director Richard Cordray....more
Leandra English, who was appointed CFPB Deputy Director by former Director Cordray before his November 2017 resignation, announced today that she will resign as Deputy Director early next week. Ms. English indicated that her...more
Richard Cordray's resignation last fall as head of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may result in more stringent regulation of California Finance Lenders. In February, Assemblymember Monique Limón introduced...more
Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its semiannual report (the “Report”) to the President and Congress. In the Report, Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney proposes to significantly reform...more
A degree of uncertainty hangs over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) following the November 2017 resignation of its first director, Richard Cordray. On his last day in office, Cordray appointed his chief of...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) in July 2010 in the wake of a financial crisis, as an independent agency tasked with...more
AG Elections- Republican Todd Atwater Announces Bid for South Carolina Attorney General- Republican state Representative Todd Atwater has declared his candidacy for South Carolina AG in 2018. ...more
Ending many months of speculation, former CFPB Director Richard Cordray announced yesterday that he is running for Ohio governor....more
Breakingviews on Broadcom’s threat to Qualcomm’s board in the form of a slate of 11 director nominees for the company it has, so far, unsuccessfully attempted to purchase....more
As we reported on earlier today, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Deputy Director Leandra English filed a lawsuit late Sunday evening in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (District Court) seeking...more
Mick Mulvaney is secure in his new title as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)—at least for now—as a result of a Trump-appointed judge’s decision, issued on November 28, 2017. The decision came...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
Tuesday afternoon, Judge Timothy Kelly of the D.C. federal district court denied Leandra English’s motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent President Trump from appointing or recognizing the appointment of a...more
An unusual controversy over the leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) erupted last week, the resolution of which has important ramifications for consumer financial services regulation. A federal...more
In an interesting turn of events over Thanksgiving weekend, outgoing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray promoted CFPB Chief of Staff Leandra English to the position of CFPB deputy director on...more
US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray sent a memo to his staff announcing that he plans to leave his position by the end of the month...more
As we reported, the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has issued a memorandum to the President’s Counsel in which it opined that the President has the legal right to appoint Mick Mulvaney CFPB Acting Director under the...more
So much to do with little time: Lawmakers are back from Thanksgiving break and facing chaos on Capitol Hill, as Republicans hope to overhaul the tax code, reform Obamacare, and avoid a government shutdown. There are 34 days...more
While the rest of the country was scattering for Thanksgiving celebrations, Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) since July 17, 2013, was quietly plotting his own succession. ...more
Richard Cordray, the director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), resigned from this post at the close of business last Friday, November 24. In a statement to staff, he said that Leandra English, the...more
In contrast to his big wins on Jeopardy! in the 1980s, Richard Cordray lost badly in 2017 after staking so much on the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) Final Rule, which would have prohibited the use of class...more
Last Friday, November 24, effective at midnight, Richard Corday resigned as CFPB Director. Earlier in the day, the CFPB issued a press release announcing that Mr. Cordray had named Leandra English, the CFPB’s Chief of Staff,...more