24 May, 2024 SCOTUS Resolves New (Fourth) Layer of Arbitration Contract Disputes By Ted Huffman Eric Werlinger The US Supreme Court gave us another arbitration decision on May 23 — the second in the span of a week. This one is Coinbase v. Suski,...
20 May, 2024 SCOTUS Update: The CFPB Lives On and Arbitrable Lawsuits Must Be Stayed (Not Dismissed) By Eric Werlinger Ted Huffman The Supreme Court was busy last week issuing opinions of interest to consumer finance companies, CFPB-regulated entities, and anyone who...
15 May, 2024 Texas Federal Judge Halts Credit Card Late Fee Rule (and Pushes Back on the Fifth Circuit Along the Way) By Eric Hail On Friday, Judge Mark Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Fort Worth Division) gave a significant, if...
08 Apr, 2024 Fifth Circuit Says Not so Fast, Reverses the Transfer of CFPB/Credit Card Fee Litigation and Endorses Regulatory Challenge in Texas By Eric Hail Ted Huffman Background: Agency Rulemaking Challenges in the Fifth Circuit In recent years, Texas federal courts and the US Fifth Circuit Court of...
02 Feb, 2024 CFPB Proposes a New Rule on NSF Fees When Consumers Are Denied Fund Withdrawals By Ted Huffman Eric Hail Katherine Chambers On January 24, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new proposed rule in its ongoing campaign against so-called “junk...