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A memorandum issued by the Office of Management and Budget entitled “Guidance on Compliance with the Congressional Review Act” imposes a new review process on final rules issued by the CFPB and other independent regulatory agencies such as the Federal Reserve, the FCC, the FDIC, the FTC, and the OCC.  The new process will take effect on May 11, 2019.… Continue Reading

On March 1,2017, by a vote of 241 to 104, the House passed the “OIRA Insight, Reform, and Accountability Act” (H.R. 1009), which would subject independent regulatory agencies such as the CFPB to the regulatory review process of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget. … Continue Reading

Interim Guidance issued by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to implement President Trump’s executive order entitled “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs” confirms that the order does not apply to independent agencies.  The executive order, issued on January 30, includes the requirement for an agency that publicly proposes a new regulation for notice and comment to identify at least two existing regulations to be repealed.… Continue Reading

It has been reported that President-elect Donald Trump has nominated South Carolina Republican Congressman Mick Mulvaney to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  Mr. Mulvaney has been described as a “staunch deficit hawk” and his nomination is viewed as sending a signal that federal regulations are likely to face tough scrutiny in a Trump administration.… Continue Reading

During the “Developments at the CFPB” panel this morning at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Consumer Financial Services & Banking Law Update program in Philadelphia, Jeffrey Ehrlich, the CFPB’s Deputy Enforcement Director, would not comment on whether the CFPB will seek further judicial review of the October 11 opinion of a 3-judge panel of the U.S.… Continue Reading

In its decision last week in PHH Corporation v. CFPB, the D.C. Circuit ruled that the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure is unconstitutional.  While the D.C. Circuit (in footnote 19) noted that it “need not here consider the legal ramifications of our decision for past CFPB rules or for past agency enforcement actions,” we have determined that one legal ramification of the decision is greater regulatory oversight for CFPB rulemaking.… Continue Reading