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20 Sep 2011, 11:37 am
The ruling is important in the context of employment practices but the Court's analysis of common questions of fact extends well beyond employment discrimination and will impact future consumer protection class actions. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 11:31 am
With the passage of the Dodd-Frank legislation in 2010, the Obama administration created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, (CFPB), as an independent bureau within the Federal Reserve System for the purpose of implementing and enforcing federal consumer financial law and providing transparency and fairness in consumer financial transactions. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 7:19 am
On the other hand it is also true that many class actions serve the interests of both plaintiffs and members of the public, protecting them against illegal and unfair business practices. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 7:28 am
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created last year through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. [read post]
15 Sep 2011, 6:27 am
In the new issue of CQ Weekly, Ben Weyl notes yet another expansion of the filibuster: Senate Republicans are currently filibustering Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), not because they have any particular objection to him, but simply because they want changes in the underlying law (Dodd-Frank). [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 11:03 am
When Elizabeth Warren, the intellectual architect of the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), declares her candidacy for U.S. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 7:55 am
One section of this legislation empowers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to impose conditions on the use of pre-dispute arbitration in consumer financial products. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 3:58 pm
Frozen Bank Accounts And The Automatic Stay - Los Angeles lawyer Nicholas Gebelt on his Southern California Bankruptcy Law Blog UK Regulatory Agency Considering Using Social Media for Adverse Events Reporting - Management consultant Cliff Mintz of BioInsights Inc. at his Bio Job Blog Congressional Hearing or Hostage Negotiations: Cordray's Nomination for Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Asset Opportunity Director and… [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 1:08 pm
Warren, a Democrat recently passed over for the top spot at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will challenge Scott Brown, a freshman Republican senator, for his Massachusetts seat, according to The Boston Globe. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 9:46 am
A more likely regulatory response would come from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which is authorized to “prohibit or impose conditions or limitations on the use of” pre-dispute arbitration agreements in “consumer financial product or service” contracts “if the Bureau finds that such a prohibition or imposition of conditions or limitations is in the public interest and for the… [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 11:11 am
” Here let us recall the continuing battle in the US over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its powers.? [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 8:10 am
The biggest is of course the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but there are a variety of others. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 7:32 am
In Jeopardy: The confirmation of Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces stiff opposition from Republicans. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 11:15 am
Filed under: consumer financial protection bureau, consumer protection, cost-benefit analysis, credit cards, economics, politics [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 7:19 am
In this regard, the leaders mentioned the Consumer Financial Protection and Soundness Improvement Act (H.R. 1315), which, they said, would increase consumer protection and government accountability by eliminating the ability of Dodd-Frank’s unelected Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director to unilaterally carry out regulations that hurt job growth. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 10:23 am
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced that it is seeking public input on consumer financial products and services tailored to servicemembers and their families. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 2:44 pm
At the Senate Banking Committee nomination hearing for CFPB Director-designate Richard Cordray, Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-Ala), referring to a May 2 letter sent by 44 Republican Senators to President Obama, said that the Committee should not consider any nominee to be the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection until reforms are adopted to make the Bureau accountable and referred to three reforms to the structure of the… [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 2:24 pm
At Richard Cordray's confirmation hearing today to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the former attorney general of Ohio held out an olive branch to Senate Republicans. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 12:51 pm
Richard Cordray, President Obama's pick to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, takes the hot seat at his Senate Banking Committee nomination hearing. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 2:00 am
Among the most significant changes wrought by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act was the creation of a new federal agency, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, to protect consumers and regulate financial products offered by the nation’s financial institutions. [read post]
