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20 Oct 2015, 3:59 pm by Mike Shovan
As reported by DeWayne Sheaffer, President of NEA’s National Council for Higher Education, this past summer the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) listened to the voices of more than 30,000 frustrated Americans, including thousands of NEA members, who were tired of receiving bad or unclear information from their student loan servicers. [read post]
(Hudson City), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Department of Justice (DOJ). [read post]
14 Oct 2015, 7:22 am by Beth Graham
In the wake of the financial crisis, Congress enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, which authorizes the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the U.S. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 11:59 am by Alec Covington and Joshua Davey
On August 20, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) filed suit in the U.S. [read post]
10 Oct 2015, 8:23 am by Walter Olson
Unveiling a plan to ban the use of arbitration clauses that rule out class actions, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau behaves as a Plaintiff’s Lawyer Protection Bureau [Andrew Pincus, Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform] More: Boston Globe, Alison Frankel, Reuters. [read post]
On September 30, 2015, the House Financial Services Committee passed with bipartisan support two bills that would have significant impact on the accountability and transparency of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). 1. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
IN THE NEWS Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton announced her proposals for regulating the financial sector, including expanding shadow banking regulations, vetoing legislation that would undermine the Dodd-Frank Act, and pushing back against challenges to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) authority. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 3:05 pm by Joshua Davey
The case, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 2:02 pm by Beth Graham
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is reportedly considering implementing new regulations that would stop banks and other financial institutions from requiring consumers to settle disputes through binding arbitration. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 12:54 pm by David Reidy and Nicholas Smyth
On October 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) proposed a ban on class action waivers in consumer financial products and services contracts. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 12:54 pm by David Reidy and Nicholas Smyth
On October 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) proposed a ban on class action waivers in consumer financial products and services contracts. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 12:32 pm by Bill Mayberry and Jodie Herrmann Lawson
On October 7, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is exploring a rulemaking to eliminate the use of certain arbitration agreements in consumer contracts that block consumers from participating in class-action lawsuits. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 10:36 am by Robin Frazer Clark
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau two days ago announced that it plans to propose rules that would prevent consumer financial services companies from using arbitration clauses to block class actions. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 7:01 am by Joe Consumer
In March, we covered the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s “extraordinary study – over 700 pages long – finding that [forced arbitration] clauses … plus class action waivers result in the disappearance of claims and immunity for the wrongdoer. [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 9:30 pm by Michael A. Fletcher
Overall, Zywicki bemoans Dodd-Frank as wasting “the historic opportunity presented by the financial crisis to create a modern and coherent consumer protection regime. [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 8:27 pm by WOLFGANG DEMINO
  At the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, we estimate that this free pass affects tens of millions of consumers. [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 8:17 pm by WOLFGANG DEMINO
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today proposed that the regulatory environment be changed so that financial services companies cannot avoid being held accountable for wrongdoing -- such as by violating consumer protection laws -- by diverting legal complaints by consumers into arbitration. [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 1:58 pm by Associated Press
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new regulations that would severely curtail a contentious practice called mandatory arbitration, which is when consumers are forced to take their disputes to a third-party mediator instead of a court of law. [read post]