National Treasury Employees Union, et al v. Russell Vought, et al

  1. September 29, 2025

    CFPB Union Asks DC Circ. To Rehear Injunction Ruling

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's worker union on Monday urged the full D.C. Circuit to come to the rescue of an injunction that has blocked the Trump administration from enacting sweeping cuts at the agency, warning the regulator's continued existence is at stake.

  2. August 15, 2025

    DC Circ. Paves Way For Trump Admin To Resume CFPB Cuts

    A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday tentatively cleared President Donald Trump's administration to carry out mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rejecting a lower-court hold on those efforts but giving time for groups representing consumers and agency workers to request an appeal.

  3. May 17, 2025

    DC Circ. Judges Skeptical Of Blockade On CFPB Mass Layoffs

    A D.C. Circuit panel majority Friday sounded inclined to lift lower court restrictions on what the Trump administration contends is its lawful push to "radically downsize" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, potentially clearing the way for mass layoffs of its staff.

  4. May 12, 2025

    DC Circ. Has 'Duty To Intervene' To Protect CFPB, Union Says

    A union representing employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has urged the D.C. Circuit to keep in place a lower court injunction barring the agency from stopping work and firing staff, asserting ahead of oral arguments this week that the Trump administration is trying to "place the executive branch above the law."

  5. April 30, 2025

    Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

    Spring has sprung for appellate arguments over the White House's pruning and shearing of agencies, part of a bountiful circuit calendar in May, when appeals courts will also tend to defamation drama involving a pro golfer, antitrust suits against drugmakers and hotels, and a nine-figure patent verdict against Apple Inc.

  6. April 28, 2025

    DC Circ. Restores Ban On CFPB Mass Layoffs Amid Appeal

    A D.C. Circuit panel said Monday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must refrain for now from mass employee firings, backtracking from a prior decision that the Trump administration had used to attempt a now-suspended layoff of nearly all the agency's staff.

  7. April 23, 2025

    Latest CFPB Layoffs Need Court's Scrutiny, DC Circ. Told

    The National Treasury Employees Union has hit back at a Trump administration bid to resume mass layoffs of nearly all the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's workforce, urging the D.C. Circuit to leave a federal judge's temporary restraining order in place.

  8. April 21, 2025

    CFPB Needs Only 200 Workers, Trump Admin Tells DC Circ.

    The Trump administration has told the D.C. Circuit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau only needs a staff of 200 to fulfill its duties, as the government seeks to resume layoffs at the agency after a federal judge halted the terminations for a second time. 

  9. April 17, 2025

    CFPB Mass Layoffs Resume, Hitting All Corners Of Agency

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting Director Russell Vought moved Thursday to resume mass firings at the agency, prompting a scramble from its employee union to head off a torrent of pink slips terminating the vast majority of the agency's workforce.

  10. April 13, 2025

    DC Circ. Limits CFPB Layoff Ban Amid Trump Admin Appeal

    A D.C. Circuit panel has cleared a path for the Trump administration to resume job cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as it pursues an appeal of a preliminary injunction barring it from shutting down the agency.