May 17, 2021
A Tennessee federal judge on Friday declined to issue an emergency order blocking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule requiring landlords to inform tenants about federal protections put in place amid the pandemic, finding that the rule doesn't apply to the Sixth Circuit and the landlords' theory is "internally inconsistent."
May 11, 2021
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has urged a federal judge in Tennessee to deny a request for a temporary injunction of a CFPB rule requiring landlords to inform tenants about federal protections for tenants put in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the rule does not require false speech and therefore passes First Amendment muster.
May 04, 2021
A group of landlords is suing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a new disclosure rule that aims to inform tenants of their protections from eviction during the COVID-19 outbreak, claiming that the rule violates the landlords' First Amendment rights by requiring them to lie.