March 2, 2018
The Regulation of Residential Real Estate Finance Under Trump
I published a short article in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) (ACREL) News & Notes, The Regulation of Residential Real Estate Finance Under Trump. The abstract reads, Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs was one of President Trump’s … Continue reading
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February 27, 2018
Reducing Enforcement at The CFPB
Mick Mulvaney’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released a Request for Information Regarding Bureau Enforcement Activities (available on the upper right corner of this page), its third in a series of RFIs that seek to dramatically restrict the Bureau’s activities. … Continue reading
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February 23, 2018
The Budgetary Impact on Housing Finance
The MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy has posted some interesting infographics on The President’s 2019 Budget: Proposals Affecting Credit, Insurance and Financial Regulators: The White House released the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 on February 12, just days … Continue reading
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February 22, 2018
Ditching the CFPB’s System of Adjudication
Mick Mulvaney is continuing his work of dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as we have known it. His latest is the issuance of a Request for Information Regarding Bureau Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings. Section 1053 of the … Continue reading
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February 14, 2018
The “Humbled” Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is changing directions in a big way under the leadership of Mick Mulvaney as seen in its Strategic Plan for FY 2018-2022. In his opening message to the Plan, Mulvaney writes that the Plan presents an opportunity … Continue reading
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February 7, 2018
The Fate of CFPB’s Civil Investigative Demands
Mick Mulvaney’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a Request for Information Regarding Bureau Civil Investigative Demands and Associated Processes: The Bureau is using this request for information to seek public input regarding the exercise of its authority to issue CIDs, … Continue reading
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February 5, 2018
Trump Wins Another Round in CFPB Fight
Judge Gardephe (SDNY) ruled against the Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union in their suit against President Trump and Mick Mulvaney over the control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Case 1:17-cv-09536-PGG, filed February 1, 2018) Trump has sought … Continue reading
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