CFPB, Federal Agencies, State Agencies, and Attorneys General
On March 6, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Order 14390, a sweeping directive aimed at combating cyber-enabled fraud schemes targeting Americans. The Executive Order was published in the Federal Register on March 11, 2026.
The Order reflects growing federal concern about large-scale cyber fraud operations—often referred to as “scam centers”—run by transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) that target U.S.… Continue Reading
President Trump recently issued an Executive Order entitled “Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit” seeking to promote mortgage lending by community banks and smaller banks. The Executive Order refers to community banks and smaller banks as banks with assets of less than $30 billion and $100 billion, respectively.
The premise of the Executive Order is that “[o]ver the past two decades .… Continue Reading
As we previously reported, on August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the “EO”) titled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans” which, among other things, seeks to prohibit depository institutions and other companies from discriminating against potential and existing customers of any and all banking and other consumer financial services products and services (not just loans or extensions of credit) based on their political or religious beliefs or their conducting businesses as long as they are lawful.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued a press release announcing a 2023 update to its Equity Action Plan. The Equity Action Plan is part of HUD’s efforts to implement President Biden’s Executive Order on “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.”… Continue Reading
President Biden has signed an Executive Order intended to respond to the explosive growth in digital assets, including cryptocurrencies. Titled “Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets,” the Order is described by the White House as “outlining the first ever, whole-of-government approach to addressing the risks and harnessing the potential benefits of digital assets and their underlying technology.”… Continue Reading
Last Friday, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. Much of the Order is directed at increasing competition in the labor market, transportation, agriculture, healthcare, and technology. It calls on the FTC, the DOJ, and other agencies to pursue vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws. … Continue Reading
The White House last week issued an executive order entitled “Executive Order on Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities.” In addition to pronouncements regarding free speech in the higher education context, the Executive Order makes several policy statements involving federal student lending and directs the Department of Education to take certain steps to implement specific action items that could affect both schools and federal student loan servicers.… Continue Reading
A new executive order signed by President Trump on February 11, 2019 is intended to maintain American leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) research and development (R &D). The order directs certain federal agencies to pursue various strategic objectives to promote and protect American advancement in AI. Those agencies are to be identified by the National Science and Technology Council Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence Select Committee. … Continue Reading
President Trump has signed a new executive order entitled “Presidential Executive Order on a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch.”
Unlike the regulatory freeze memo issued on Inauguration Day by Reince Priebus, the President’s Chief of Staff, the so-called “two for one” executive order on reducing regulation and controlling costs, and the executive order to enforce compliance with the regulatory reform agenda, the new order, on its face, does appear to apply to independent regulatory agencies including the CFPB.… Continue Reading
As part of his 100-day action plan, the President promised to institute a regulatory moratorium by requiring that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated. On January 30, 2017, the President signed an executive order that purported to accomplish this goal by requiring agencies to “identify” two rules to be revoked for every new rule they propose, and to find ways to offset costs of new rules. … Continue Reading
