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Richard Cordray, the first and only Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced today that he will resign from the Bureau by the end of November–presumably in order to explore a run for governor in his home state of Ohio.  Cordray, a Democrat, was appointed to serve as the agency’s first Director in a recess appointment by former President Obama in 2012.  He was subsequently confirmed by the Senate in July of 2013.  Since that time, Cordray has been the face of the young agency as it pursued aggressive policy and enforcement initiatives.  …
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On Friday, April 21, President Donald Trump signed two presidential memoranda, directing the Secretary of the Treasury (the “Secretary”), Steve Mnuchin, to review two major provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act: orderly liquidation authority (“OLA”) for financial companies under Title II, and the decision-making processes of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”). Consistent with the Trump Administration’s February Executive Order ordering the Secretary to review financial regulations—which we discussed in a client alert—these memoranda highlight the Administration’s concerns with certain provisions of Dodd-Frank but will not effect major changes on their own.
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As reported by Law360, European Central Bank (“ECB”) Executive Board Member and Supervisory Board Vice-Chair Sabine Lautenschläger suggested in a February 19 interview that the ECB intends to keep “European [banking] institutions on a tighter rein” than the United States appears to intend to do with domestic banks. Ms. Lautenschläger noted “it is imperative…

On February 14, 2017, President Donald Trump signed a resolution nullifying a Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regulation that required energy companies to disclose foreign payments. This marks the first successful use of the Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) procedure in 16 years, and only the second successful use since the statute passed in 1996.  Several more such resolutions are likely to follow, potentially including a resolution nullifying the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) prepaid card rule.
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Continue Reading President Trump Signs First Congressional Review Act Disapproval Resolution in 16 Years

Throughout his campaign, President Donald Trump promised to curtail financial regulations, particularly those promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act.  President Trump argued frequently that the regulations issued under the act have proven overly burdensome and, among other things, limited job growth.  This afternoon, the President took his first formal step in implementing his deregulatory agenda.  He …

Today Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and others voiced their opposition to any attempt by President-elect Donald Trump to oust Richard Cordray, the current Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), before Cordray’s term ends in July 2018. They also sent a letter to Cordray outlining and praising his…

On November 8, 2016, American voters elected Republican Donald J. Trump as President.  In addition, Republicans maintained control of the House of Representatives and the Senate.  As the campaign rhetoric fades into the background over the coming weeks and months, the business of transitioning to a new administration will begin in earnest.  The results of…