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Yet another unopposed emergency motion for leave to intervene has been filed in the Texas lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule).  The latest proposed intervenors are XL Funding, LLC d/b/a Axle Funding, LLC (Axle) and the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) (collectively, the Proposed ELFA Intervenors).… Continue Reading

The plaintiffs in State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, et al. v. Lew have filed a “Motion To Intervene In Any En Banc Proceeding That May Be Granted” in the PHH case.  The motion follows the D.C. federal district court’s denial of the plaintiffs’ attempt to consolidate their case with PHH on appeal to the D.C.… Continue Reading

After the D.C. Circuit panel issued a per curiam order on February 2 denying the three motions to intervene that were filed in the PHH case, we expected the next development in the case to be a decision by the D.C. Circuit on the CFPB’s petition for rehearing en banc.  Instead, the next development has been the filing of requests for the full court to reconsider the panel’s denial of the motions to intervene.… Continue Reading

The D.C. Circuit panel that issued the PHH decision last October has issued a per curiam order denying the three motions to intervene that were filed in the case last month.

The motions were filed by: a group of Democratic AGs from 16 states and the District of Columbia; Senator Sherrod Brown and Representative Maxine Waters; and Americans for Financial Reform, Center for Responsible Lending, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, United States Public Interest Research Group, Maeve Brown (who chairs the CFPB’s Consumer Advisory Board), and Self-Help Credit Union.… Continue Reading

PHH has filed a response in opposition to the motion filed with the D.C. Circuit by Democratic lawmakers Senator Sherrod Brown and Representative Maxine Waters to intervene in the PHH appeal.  The lawmakers are, respectively, the Ranking Members of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee.

In opposing the motion, PHH makes the following primary arguments:

  • The lawmakers do not have Article III standing. 
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This past Friday, PHH filed a supplemental response to the CFPB’s petition for en banc rehearing and a response opposing the motion filed by Democratic Attorneys General of 16 states and the District of Columbia to intervene in the PHH appeal.

Supplemental Response.  The D.C. Circuit invited the Solicitor General to file a response to the CFPB’s petition expressing the views of the United States. … Continue Reading

This past Monday, the Democratic Attorneys General of 16 states and the District of Columbia filed a motion with the D.C. Circuit seeking to intervene in the PHH appeal.  Today, two more motions to intervene were filed.  One motion was filed by Democratic lawmakers Senator Sherrod Brown and Representative Maxine Waters who are, respectively, the Ranking Members of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee. … Continue Reading