New CFPB leadership agrees to hold off on mass firings while lawsuit proceeds
Lawyers representing the acting director of the CFPB reached an agreement during a court conference Friday to temporarily hold off on firing CFPB employees en masse.
Judge agrees to immediately halt further CFPB firings
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed late Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration from firing more CPFB employees and said the administration could not delete or destroy any of the bureau's data or databases.
Federal judge blocks CFPB from laying off more employees
The ruling from a federal court in Washington, D.C., is a reprieve for CFPB staff who had been bracing for mass layoffs as early as Friday.
Judge temporarily halts mass firings at CFPB, preserves agency data
A federal judge Friday temporarily stopped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from continuing mass firings of employees, throwing up an initial roadblock to President Donald Trump’s fast-moving efforts to dismantle the agency.
Trump Administration Agrees Not to Fire More CFPB Staff for Now, Court Order Says
President Donald Trump's administration has temporarily agreed not to fire any more staff at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a court order issued on Friday, offering workers there an 11th-hour reprieve ahead of feared mass layoffs.
Judge blocks Trump admin from firing CFPB employees
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from firing employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) amid a larger push to effectively dismantle the agency. The Trump administration is barred from firing CFPB employees without cause or issuing any reduction-in-force notice,
Trump officials plan to fire 95% of CFPB staff, cancel its lease, union lawsuit says
The Trump administration is planning to hollow out the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by firing 95% of its staff while canceling the lease on its Washington, D.C., headquarters, according to a federal lawsuit aimed at stopping the moves.
The 5 Worst Things About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The agency—an unelected regulator with a blank check—has spent much of its short life making things harder for the consumers ...
What Cuts to the CFPB Could Mean For Consumers
The CFP also prosecutes companies that it says fail to protect consumers. In December, it filed a lawsuit against the ...
CFPB union warns of ‘mass’ layoff to affect 95% of the bureau
The bureau terminated roughly 70 to 100 term employees Thursday. An amended complaint asserts there's more to come — and that ...
Russell Vought Orders Pause On All CFPB Activity, Critics Say This Gives Corporations 'The Green Light To Scam Families'
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau–an agency that oversees financial regulations in the U.S. States–has come to a ...
Trump rolls back CFPB, USAID and DOE: Where things stand
President Trump supercharged his overhaul of government agencies this week that included a fresh round of a widespread ...
Trump Nominates Jonathan McKernan to Lead CFPB Amid Agency Overhaul
President Trump's nomination of Jonathan McKernan as CFPB director signals a potential shift in the agency's regulatory ...
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NAACP files lawsuit against Trump administration for dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
NAACP files lawsuit against Trump administration's dismantling of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, citing harm to ...
Vought Agrees to Delay CFPB Funding Slash as Layoffs Continue
Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought agreed to hold off on zeroing out the agency’s budget for ...
Trump Vs. CFPB: Russ Vought Orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Stop Work
Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a ...
The technology team at financial regulator CFPB has been gutted
Around 20 technologists at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were fired on Thursday evening, gutting a team that ...