Last Friday, the DC Circuit issued an order saying the CFPB could conduct reductions in force only “after a particularized assessment.” Last night, the CFPB issued a memo identifying supervision and enforcement priorities. Today it announced that it was laying off many employees–1400 according to Wired’s story, The CFPB Has Been Gutted. (thanks to Craig Cowie for pointing me to the Wired story). That’s a lot of particularization in a very short time span! I will have more to say about this after I attend to some other matters; in the meantime, Kate Berry has a story on the memo here.
Update: Gupta Wessler filed an order to show cause why the government hasn’t violated the preliminary injunction against firings without a particularized assessment.
