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Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — April 2025

On March 27, 2025, as expected, the SEC under the Trump administration abandoned the climate disclosure rule promulgated by the Biden administration, specifically stating in a court filing that it would no longer defend the...more

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The CFTC is Off to a Fast Start Under Acting Chairman Pham

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In a break from the typical acting agency chairman, Acting Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Chairman Caroline Pham has taken several significant actions, signaled several more, and set the agency on a path to...more

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Price Transparency: A Regulatory Priority

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The Trump administration is beginning to lay out its regulatory (and deregulatory) priorities, and on February 25, 2025, the administration spotlighted one of those priorities in an executive order on price transparency....more

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U.S. Treasury Department Declines to Enforce CTA

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On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury ended months of speculation regarding how the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) would be implemented and enforced under the second Trump administration. Via press release,...more

McGlinchey Stafford

CFPB Under Trump: Leadership, Staffing, Legislative Developments

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With an across-the-board freeze on all rulemaking, enforcement, and supervisory activities, and a potential mass lay-off in the works, the CFPB continues to make news. Here’s a recap of all that happened this past week at the...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (February 26, 2025)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB Pause: Where From Here?

Visit our resource center, CFPB Pause: Where From Here?, to stay on top of the latest and what it may mean for the federal and state regulatory and enforcement landscape. On February 8, the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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CFPB Under Siege: Legal Challenges, Leadership Changes, Congressional Moves

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As we have highlighted previously (here and here), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has continued to undergo significant changes under the second Trump Administration. However, various interested parties have...more

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What We're Watching: State Attorneys General Offices in 2025

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As the Oval Office and Congress flip to Republican control, we expect more state AG-led efforts to impact public policy. Shortly after the New Year, we gathered together attorneys from our State Attorneys General team to...more

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CFPB ordered to pause work and congressional Democrats react

On January 31, the CFPB announced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the Acting Director. As previously covered by InfoBytes, Bessent sent an email instructing all CFPB staff to pause immediately any new rulemaking,...more

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What about CFPB examinations and other supervisory activities

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As we previously blogged about, Acting Director Scott Bessent circulated a message throughout the CFPB on February 3 directing “…all employees, contractors, and other personnel of the Bureau...more

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Acting CFPB Director Bessent tells CFPB staff to stop virtually all work

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Contending that he wants to ensure that the CFPB is in line with Trump Administration policies, acting bureau Director Scott Bessent has reportedly ordered the agency to stop virtually all work. ...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Chopra Out. Bessent In (for Now). What’s Next at the CFPB?

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As expected, the Trump administration formally terminated CFPB director Rohit Chopra over the weekend. And also as expected, President Trump used the Federal Vacancies Reform Act to appoint an acting CFPB Director—Treasury...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

EEOC, Like NLRB, Lacks Quorum, Stalling Rulemaking Under New Administration

On Monday, January 27, 2025, President Trump removed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC” or the “Commission”) commissioners Charlotte A. Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels, the two confirmed in separate statements. ...more

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What Will Happen When the SEC Minority Becomes the Majority?

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Many of the actions by the SEC over the past few years came following closely divided 3-to-2 votes. The split arose concerning both rulemaking by the Commission as well as enforcement actions....more

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[Webinar] Post-Election Analysis and Impact on the Debt Settlement Industry - December 10th, 1:00 pm EST

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Felix Shipkevich and Yvonne Bowser-Caballero of Shipkevich PLLC, with special guest Nicholas Kosmas, Chief Legal Officer of ClearOne Advantage LLC, will host a webinar to discuss a post-election overview of the regulatory...more

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The Expected Impact of the Election and Republican Control of Congress on the FTC

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The election of Donald Trump as president, combined with forthcoming Republican control of Congress, likely means significant change in how the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is structured and approaches...more

Burr & Forman

Whether by Guidance or Rule, Fundamental Changes Continue at EPA

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Through a combination of memoranda and a recently proposed rulemaking, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is moving to affect longstanding and fundamental components of EPA programs. The merits (or lack thereof) may be lost as...more

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Recent Changes Expected to Impact Environmental Enforcement

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• Two recent developments have the potential to significantly impact governmental enforcement actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund), the Clean Water Act...more

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Round-up of Clean Air Developments from 2017

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2017 was an unusual year for environmental regulation, particularly under the Clean Air Act. A new President and new EPA Administrator have brought about significant changes to the environmental policies of their...more

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Director Cordray’s Wall Street Journal interview today

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Here are the highlights from Richard Cordray’s interview earlier today with the Wall Street Journal. He refused to respond to the question of whether or not the memo issued on January 20 on behalf of President Trump by...more

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