House Democrats join legal fight against Trump's efforts to dismantle consumer protection agency
House Democratic leaders are getting directly involved in one of the legal battles against the Trump administration, filing ...
What is the CFPB and how does it protect consumers?
Established in the wake of the Great Recession, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a government agency ...
CFPB Closure Would Leave Consumer Protections in Uncertain Territory, Observers Say
It's difficult to know what agency, if any, would have authority over [consumer protection] statutes if the CFPB is not in ...
Clarifying Contractual Ambiguity and Limiting Consumer Protection Remedies
This article discuses how The New York Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of claims in Richard Hobish, et al. v. AXA ...
What’s at stake if Consumer Financial Protection Bureau goes dark
Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph9d
R.I.P. CFPB? What’s At Stake If the Watchdog Agency Goes Dark
Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the ...
LancasterOnline10d
Better than nothing? Pa. considers data privacy bill friendly to companies, called weak by consumer advocates
There are few limits on how businesses can collect, use and sell data about their customers. Grocery stores are now big data ...
Consumers don't need more hidden fees, tricky loans, or a repeat of the financial crisis
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump ...
Associated Press15d
Consumer watchdog agency called ‘vicious’ by Trump seen as a ‘hero’ to many it aided
Created under the 2010 Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and beginning its work in 2011 ... soaking boxes of photos, books and electronics. When neither the contractor nor ...
Time16d
What Cuts to the CFPB Could Mean For Consumers
For a long time, Misty Castaneda had terrible credit. Even though she had health insurance, the hair stylist from Colorado owed a hospital around $20,000 for a $200,000 open-heart surgery in 2010 ...
The New York Times17d
‘Deregulation by Firings’: Breaking Down the Cuts to Financial Oversight
A combination of firings, stop-work orders and litigation pauses has hobbled regulators like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ... Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it illegal ...