Remember how OMB and Acting CFPB Director Vought said he wanted to traumatize federal employees? Musk’s demand that employees list five things they did was reportedly in response to Trump’s demand that Musk be more aggressive. Does that make it sound like the purpose is to harass or for some more legitimate purpose, like accountability? […]
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A California federal judge refused to block more than 69,000 consumers from opting out of a certified class action. In re: Google Assistant Privacy Litigation, https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/5:2019cv04286/345331/486/
At Bluesky. Data destruction is also on hold.
. . . with a picture of what appears to be a tombstone. This is alarming. But only Congress can eliminate the Bureau.
As Jeff noted, Treasury Secretary Bessent is now serving as Acting Director of the CFPB. Bloomberg Law reports he has directed Bureau staff to “stop all rulemaking, communications, litigation, and other activities” unless required by law. The Fifth Circuit was scheduled to hear arguments today on industry’s wide-ranging challenge to the agency’s regulation of credit […]
We received a request to post the following: The National Association of Consumer Advocates was angered and disappointed by the new Federal Administration’s unwarranted decision to rescind summer clerk positions for law students interested in consumer and economic justice careers. While we’re sorry we cannot offer assistance to most law students harmed by this thoughtlessly […]
It’s not surprising that the Wall Street Journal and the financial industry has called for CFPB Director Chopra’s firing. But it’s also not surprising that groups that work for the benefit of consumers have not echoed that call.
On February 7, CFPB General Counsel Seth Frotman gave a talk at the University of Michigan, The Federal General Counsel, Law, and Our Democracy at a Crossroads. The entire speech is worth a read, but I want to quote one part that describes Frotman’s view of what the CFPB should do and provides a test […]
Here, on Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Finance Monitor podcast.
Here’s the announcement: The Janet D. Steiger Fellowship Project provides law students with the extraordinary opportunity to work in the consumer protection departments of state and territorial Offices of Attorneys General and other consumer protection agencies, as well as the National Association of Attorneys General and the Attorney General’s Office of the District of Columbia. […]