November 30, 2021
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and consumer advocates that had filed a suit seeking to bar the agency from adopting the recommendations of a Trump-era task force have reached a settlement agreement, with the agency agreeing that it violated federal law.
February 26, 2021
A Boston federal magistrate judge has ruled that consumer advocates can proceed with their lawsuit that seeks to bar the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from adopting the recommendations of a Trump-era task force convened to study potential changes to federal consumer financial law.
August 18, 2020
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday hit back at a lawsuit challenging its creation of a "taskforce" to review federal consumer financial laws, telling a Boston federal court that the consumer advocates behind the litigation lack standing to get the advisory panel shut down.