Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America et al v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau et al

  1. April 05, 2024

    5th Circ. Reels Back Banks' Late-Fee Rule Suit To Texas

    The Fifth Circuit on Friday ordered a return to Texas for a bank industry-backed legal challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's $8 credit card late fee standard, throwing out a Texas federal judge's decision to send the case to D.C. federal court.

  2. April 02, 2024

    5th Circ. Extends Transfer Stay In CFPB Late-Fee Rule Suit

    The Fifth Circuit said Tuesday that it would hold on at least a few days longer to a bank industry-backed lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's $8 credit card late fee standard, extending a stay of a Texas federal judge's decision to send the case to D.C. federal court.

  3. March 29, 2024

    5th Circ. Stays CFPB Late-Fee Rule Suit's Move To DC

    Bank industry groups challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's $8 credit card late fee standard have been granted a short-term Fifth Circuit stay of a Texas federal judge's move to send their lawsuit across the country to D.C. federal court.

  4. March 29, 2024

    CFPB Scores Win As Banks' Late Fee Rule Lawsuit Sent To DC

    A Texas federal judge ruled Thursday that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other trade groups suing to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's $8 credit card late-fee standard must take their case to D.C. federal court, granting the agency's bid to fight the challenge on its home turf.

  5. March 25, 2024

    Bank Groups Ask 5th Circ. To Block CFPB Card Late-Fee Rule

    Bank trade groups on Monday escalated their fight against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's credit card late-fee rule, asking the Fifth Circuit to intervene and stay the regulatory measure after a Texas federal judge declined to act on their request for an immediate injunction last week.

  6. March 21, 2024

    CFPB Wants Late-Fee Suit In DC As Judge Notes Busy Docket

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday asked a Texas federal judge to move a challenge to its new credit card late-fee rule to a Washington, D.C., federal court, a day after the court denied a bid for an immediate injunction brought by a trade group coalition suing to overturn the rule.

  7. March 19, 2024

    Top Bank Lobbyist To Biden: Stop The Regulatory 'Tsunami'

    The head of the largest U.S. banking trade group vowed Tuesday to keep litigation on the table if federal regulators don't back off their rulemaking "tsunami," tough talk that comes as the group's latest such legal challenge has hit potential turbulence in Texas.

  8. March 15, 2024

    Bank Groups Defend Texas Home For CFPB's Late-Fee Rule Suit

    A trade group coalition suing to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new credit card late-fee rule pressed Thursday in Texas federal court for an immediate injunction against the measure, pushing back on the agency's claims that the case should be bounced for ineffective "forum shopping."

  9. March 13, 2024

    CFPB Slams 'Forum-Shopping' Bid To Halt Card Late-Fee Rule

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is urging a Texas federal judge to refuse bank industry groups' request for an emergency injunction over the agency's recently finalized $8 credit card late-fee rule, arguing their case is too flimsy to justify putting the new rule on hold.

  10. March 07, 2024

    Banking Groups Sue CFPB Over Credit Card Late Fee Rule

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and bank trade groups sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Texas federal court on Thursday over its new rule to limit credit card late fees to $8, following through on a widely expected challenge to the potentially multibillion-dollar cut to industry revenues.