On June 19, 2024, the Fifth Circuit dissolved the district court’s order transferring the case challenging the CFPB’s credit card late fee rule. In granting the writ of mandamus filed by the plaintiff trade associations challenging the rule, the three-judge panel rejected Judge Mark Pittman’s second order to transfer the case to D.C.… Continue Reading
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CFPB responds to plaintiffs’ mandamus petition in Fifth Circuit seeking to block second transfer to D.D.C. of lawsuit challenging credit card late fee rule
If this blog post gives our readers a feeling of déjà vu, there’s a good reason—the latest developments in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule) are a rerun of earlier developments in the case. In response to an emergency petition for writ of mandamus and administrative stay of transfer filed by the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, the Fifth Circuit stayed the latest district court order transferring the case once again to D.D.C. … Continue Reading
More twists and turns in industry lawsuit challenging CFPB credit card late fee rule
After bouncing from the Texas federal district court to the D.C. federal district court to the Fifth Circuit and back again to the Texas federal district court, the industry lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s credit card late fee rule (Rule) is poised for another round of possible twists and turns in the wake of the U.S.… Continue Reading
Fifth Circuit denies CFPB petition for panel rehearing in lawsuit challenging CFPB credit card late fee final rule
In the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule), the Fifth Circuit has denied the CFPB’s petition for a panel rehearing to reconsider the panel’s order vacating the district court’s order transferring the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and issuing a writ of mandamus directing the district court to reopen the case. … Continue Reading
Fifth Circuit directs Texas federal court to rule by May 10 on plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction motion in lawsuit challenging CFPB credit card late fee final rule
A surprising development took place yesterday in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule). The Fifth Circuit entered an order vacating the district court’s order denying the plaintiffs’ motion for expedited consideration of their preliminary injunction motion and remanding the case to the district court with instructions to rule on the plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction motion by May 10, 2024. … Continue Reading
This week’s podcast episode: A close look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final credit card late fee rule: Have cardholders been dealt a winning or losing hand?
Our special guest is Andrew Nigrinis of Legal Economics LLC and former CFPB enforcement economist. The CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule lowers the safe harbor late fee amount that card issuers other than “smaller card issuers” can charge to $8. We first discuss how the final rule differs from the proposed rule and the existing rule, who are “smaller issuers” not subject to the lower safe harbor amount, and the changes made by the final rule for larger issuers. … Continue Reading
Committee on judicial codes of conduct concludes recusal of Fifth Circuit judge not required in lawsuit challenging final CFPB credit card late fee rule
The Committee on Codes of Conduct of the Judicial Conference of the United States (Committee) has unanimously concluded that Fifth Circuit Judge Willett is not required to recuse in the trade group plaintiffs’ appeal in their lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule).
Last Friday, pursuant to a directive issued by the Clerk of the Fifth Circuit, the trade group plaintiffs and the CFPB filed letter briefs with the Fifth Circuit regarding whether an ownership interest in a nonparty large credit card issuer would be substantially affected by the outcome of the case. … Continue Reading
D.D.C. marks credit card late fee case “terminated” on its docket; trade groups and CFPB file letter briefs with Fifth Circuit on recusal
Last Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia terminated on its docket the case challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule) which had been transferred to D.D.C. by the Texas federal district court. The termination occurred after the Texas court entered an order reopening the case and providing notice to D.D.C.… Continue Reading
Texas federal district court reopens lawsuit challenging CFPB final credit card late fee rule and notifies D.D.C. to disregard transfer; Fifth Circuit to consider whether judge’s interest in large credit card issuer triggers recusal requirement
Yesterday, the Texas federal district court entered an order reopening the case challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule) which it had transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and providing notice to the D.C. court that “the transfer was without jurisdiction and should be disregarded.”… Continue Reading
Fifth Circuit vacates district court order transferring to D.D.C. lawsuit challenging CFPB final credit card late fee rule
Last Friday, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the district court’s order transferring the case challenging the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (Rule) to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Fifth Circuit also issued a writ of mandamus directing the district court “to reopen the case and give notice to D.D.C.… Continue Reading