Category Archives: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Here are his answers to Senator Warren’s questions. In answer to a question about whether he agreed with the president, McKernan said only ” The CFPB’s existence will continue until an Act of Congress, signed by the President, provides otherwise.”

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Law professors who study, teach, and work on consumer protection matters, including this blog’s co-coordinator Prof. Jeff Sovern, sent a letter this week to Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “We urgently call upon the Trump administration to follow the rule of law and allow Bureau employees to return to their […]

Here (probably behind paywall). Sounds like a maelstrom.

Here.

Guest post by Craig Cowie of Montana: There have been many great posts about the work the CFPB has done to help consumers, including noting that the CFPB has used its penalty fund to allocate more than $3 billion to pay 6.7 million consumers back for money that companies illegally took from them. But there […]

Here, by Judd Legum. Next they’ll say Ukraine started the war.

Here, in the American Prospect. Dayen’s coverage of the Trump-CFPB battle has been great.

Here, by Kate Berry & Claire Williams. The article quotes Judge Amy Berman Jackson as saying: “I want to know whether work is being done.” Meanwhile, Bloomberg Law’s Evan Weinberger reports that during the hearing, in which Judge Jackson said “she doesn’t want to see agency edicts made with fingers behind people’s backs,” CFPB principal […]

So reports Bloomberg Law’s Evan Weinberger on Bluesky. Judge Jackson will take testimony from the CFPB’s COO, Adam Martinez.