In a major legal setback for the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued an order on Friday, February 14, 2025, temporarily halting mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The decision delivers an early blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to restructure the consumer watchdog agency, which was established in…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has filed a motion to dissolve a temporary restraining order (TRO) that restricts access to Treasury Department payment systems. The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer over the weekend, limits access to civil servants with job-related needs, effectively blocking Elon Musk and the…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won a key battle on Monday in his decade-and-a-half-long attempt to avoid extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges at London’s High Court ruled that Assange can appeal against his extradition order. Assange, 52, faces charges related to his organization’s publication of a huge trove of classified documents.…
On May 16, the United States Supreme Court delivered a significant 7-2 ruling, affirming that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding mechanism does not contravene the Appropriations Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The decision addresses a longstanding legal dispute surrounding the CFPB’s financial independence under the Dodd-Frank Act, which established a unique funding structure…
On Friday, a divided federal appeals court declined the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s request to reconsider its ruling that held a Texas judge wrongly transferred a banking industry-backed lawsuit challenging the agency’s new rule capping credit card late fees at $8 to Washington, D.C. On a 2-1 vote, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit…