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IF THE SHIELD AGAINST AT-WILL TERMINATION OF THE CFPB’S DIRECTOR IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WHAT NEXT? The U.S. Supreme Court has already agreed to consider in the matter of Seila Law v. CFPB whether the for-cause requirement for the President’s dismissal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) director is unconstitutional as a violation of the separation of powers. Now the Court is being asked by All American Check Cashing to review the same issue but with…
The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the matter of Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to address the question of whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) single-director structure and the President’s authority to remove the director only “for cause,” as prescribed by 12 U.S.C. § 5491(c)(3), violate the separation of powers. The Supreme Court also directed the parties to brief the question of whether, if the CFPB is found…
Trump Administration Seeking Presidential Authority to Remove CFPB Director, asking Supreme Court to Decide As the CFPB is currently structured, the head of the CFPB may only be ousted by the President for good cause. However, the Trump Administration is asking the Supreme Court to take up a case[1] on certiorari to decide the issue of the CFPB’s constitutionality, ultimately seeking to allow the President the power to fire the head of the CFPB…
11th Circuit Finds Receipt Of A Single Unsolicited Text Message Fails To Confer Article III Standing Under The TCPA In Salcedo v. Hanna, No. 17-14077 (11th Cir. Aug. 28, 2019), the 11th Circuit considered whether receipt of a single unsolicited text message was sufficient to confer Article III standing to sue for a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The court found it was not and in doing so, it rejected decisions…
CFPB Continues Its Enforcement In Less Than Traditional Areas of Consumer Protection; This Time it is Remittances The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 a consent order entered into with Maxitransfers Corp., a Texas-based money transmitter, following its investigation of Maxitransfers’ compliance with the Remittance Rule’s regulations concerning transmission error-resolution policies and consumer disclosures. The Remittance Rule was promulgated pursuant to The Dodd Frank Act and implements requirements of…
New Jersey Appellate Division Curtails Prior Holdings Exempting “Semi-Professionals” from the Consumer Fraud Act In a recent published decision, Shaw v. Shand,1 the New Jersey Appellate Division held that licensed semi-professionals are not “learned professionals” exempt from liability under the Consumer Fraud Act (“CFA”)2 simply because they are subject to an independent statutory or regulatory scheme.  Shaw was an appeal from a trial court decision entering summary judgment on the plaintiffs’ CFA claims in favor…
Third Circuit Holds that Inclusion of “Quick Response” Codes on Envelope Violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act In a precedential opinion, DiNaples v. MRS BPO, LLC, the Third Circuit held that adding an unencrypted “quick response” or “QR” code to an envelope containing a debt collection letter violates 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(8) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”).i That section limits what collection agencies can include on envelopes, prohibiting “language or symbols”…
Third Circuit Holds that Inclusion of “Quick Response” Codes on Envelope Violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act In a precedential opinion, DiNaples v. MRS BPO, LLC, the Third Circuit held that adding an unencrypted “quick response” or “QR” code to an envelope containing a debt collection letter violates 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(8) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”).i That section limits what collection agencies can include on envelopes, prohibiting “language or symbols”…
New York Department of Financial Services’ Title Insurance Regulation Vacated, Again? On to the Court of Appeals On August 5, 2019 a New York state court, on remand from the Appellate Division, again determined that Section 228.2(c) of the New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Title Insurance Regulation was unconstitutionally vague and thus could possibility be applied arbitrarily and capriciously. Section 228.2(c) requires that title insurance underwriters and agencies making political or charitable donations…
New York Bill Targeting Robocalls Could Significantly Increase Exposure for Financial Services Companies A New York law aimed at curbing robocalls could significantly increase risk for companies relying on auto-dialers or prerecorded calls to contact customers. The “Robocall Prevention Act” would ban calls and text messages using equipment from numbers stored on a list, or equipment that uses random or sequential number generators, unless the caller shows that “substantial additional human intervention” to…