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President Trump has nominated Brian Johnson for a five year term to serve as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Johnson is the third nomination Trump has made to fill the position. The first two nominations were Jonathan McKiernan and Stuart Levenbach. Perhaps, the third time will be a charm.… Continue Reading

The CFPB is ending telework—a move that requires 1,100 employees to report to work five days a week to a new headquarters in Washington, D.C., The American Banker reported.

The publication reported that the bureau’s Chief Operating Officer, Adam Martinez, said in a memo that employees will begin moving to the new headquarters at 445 12th St.… Continue Reading

CFPB Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta has been selected as the bureau’s Deputy Director—a move that reflects that Acting Director Russell Vought’s term is coming to a close and that Paoletta will succeed him, Bloomberg reports.

Under federal law, Vought cannot serve as Acting Director past August 1.   However, under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, a top deputy or other senior official may serve as Acting Director until a full-time agency head is confirmed by the Senate.… Continue Reading

A significant new filing on March 31 in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought (Case No. 25-5091), purportedly provides the most up-to-date, detailed picture yet of how leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) intends to dramatically scale back the agency’s operations—if permitted to do so by the courts.… Continue Reading

Our podcast show being released today features two former CFPB senior officers who were key employees in the Supervision Division under prior directors: Peggy Twohig and Paul Sanford. Peggy was a founding executive of the CFPB when the agency was created in 2010 and led the development of the first federal supervision program over nonbank consumer financial companies.… Continue Reading

President Trump will withdraw Jonathan McKernan’s nomination as CFPB Director, as he nominates him as the Treasury Department’s Undersecretary of Domestic Policy, the New York Times and Law360 reported.

When McKernan’s nomination was first announced on Friday, Trump Administration officials did not address McKernan’s CFPB nomination. However, the Times and Law360 later quoted White House officials as saying the nomination will be withdrawn.… Continue Reading

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld a temporary injunction issued by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibiting the CFPB from firing more than 1,400 employees, leaving only about 200 employees at the agency.

The order comes as the latest development in a suit brought by the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents many CFPB employees, and other groups, challenging the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce the agency’s operations.… Continue Reading

The Trump Administration has appealed an order by a federal District Court Judge blocking the CFPB from firing 1483 employees effective in June 2025 and cutting off their access to CFPB work systems on April 18, 2025.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last week barred the CFPB from dramatically reducing its staffing, saying she is concerned that CFPB officials are ignoring her earlier order, as modified by the D.C.… Continue Reading

The judge who barred the Trump Administration from dismantling the CFPB says the agency cannot implement plans to fire the majority of the bureau’s employees at this stage.

During a hearing on April 18, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she is concerned that CFPB officials are ignoring her earlier order that keeps the agency in existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit filed by the National Treasury Employees Union challenging plans to dismantle the agency.… Continue Reading