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By Litigation Practice Group On April 1, 2020, and as part of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a policy statement (“Statement”) to guide lenders and credit reporting agencies as to their reporting obligations under the recently-passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”). In the Statement, …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By: Erich Paetsch Saalfeld Griggs Litigation, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Groups Oregon Business Lawyers In an important decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that Congress fundamentally failed to adhere to Article II of the United States Constitution when it created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). PHH Corporation, Et. …
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] By: Litigation and Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Groups Citing the widespread concern that many mortgage servicers lack adequate computer systems which prevent them from following CFPB mortgage servicing regulations (the majority of which became effective in January, 2014), the CFPB has issued …
Saalfeld Griggs Litigation, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Groups Oregon Business Lawyers Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) proposed rules targeting the pay-day, auto title and deposit advance products in the lending industry. Under the proposed rule, lenders would be required to ensure a consumer has the ability-to-repay (“ATR”) the loan prior to …