Chamber of Commerce v. CFPB

  1. April 30, 2025

    CFPB Scraps More Cases, Curbs Small Biz Loan Rule Focus

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday abandoned more lawsuits, including its Fifth Circuit appeal over a Biden-era policy that expanded the agency's anti-discrimination scrutiny of financial firms, and said it will not focus on enforcing a contested small business lending rule.

  2. October 15, 2024

    In Pivot, 5th Circ. Gives CFPB Extension In Exam Policy Case

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can take an extra two weeks to file a brief with the Fifth Circuit in its closely watched appeal of a ruling that struck down the agency's anti-bias examination policies, the circuit court has decided.

  3. October 09, 2024

    5th Circ. Denies Extension For CFPB In Exam Policy Case

    The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday denied the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's unopposed request for a short deadline extension in its appeal over an examination policy that industry groups successfully sued to block last year, prompting the agency to ask for more time again.

  4. October 08, 2024

    5th Circ. Urged To Seal Industry Win Over CFPB Exam Policy

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other trade groups on Monday defended their Texas federal court win against a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau policy to expand the agency's anti-discrimination oversight, telling the Fifth Circuit that the agency's effort to reverse its loss is revealingly substance-light.

  5. August 19, 2024

    Even Kids Use 'Unfair' Like CFPB Policy Does, 5th Circ. Told

    Scholars from top law schools urged the Fifth Circuit to reverse a Texas federal court's decision to strike a policy expanding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's antidiscrimination oversight capabilities, arguing that even "schoolchildren" could agree with the agency's legal position.

  6. August 08, 2024

    CFPB Urges 5th Circ. To Revive Anti-Bias Exam Policy

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has appealed to the Fifth Circuit to reinstate a 2022 policy that expanded the scope of the agency's anti-discrimination oversight, saying a Texas federal judge's decision to strike it down last year could allow even so-called debanking to go unexamined.

  7. November 17, 2023

    5th Circ. Pauses CFPB Appeal In Anti-Bias Exam Policy Fight

    At the request of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Fifth Circuit has agreed to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the agency's funding before further reviewing a controversial anti-discrimination exam policy that the agency is battling to save from an industry challenge.