Law and legal issues

The Department of Justice said in a court filing Friday that a February stop-work order from acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought did not entail stopping statutorily mandated work by the bureau, defying earlier testimony.

The megaservicer is fending off a class-action lawsuit while suing its insurers for allegedly failing to indemnify it following its breach in 2023.

Individual victims of the data breach could get up to $3,000, but most will see around $20, possibly less. The breach also affected fintech partners.

A three-judge panel will hear an appeal by the Trump administration of a preliminary injunction that has blocked the government from dissolving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Elon Musk's X is urging the justices to shield companies from being forced to disclose sensitive user financial data under "suspicionless" subpoenas.

The Trump administration is leapfrogging the normal process by taking its fight over a district court injunction blocking efforts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to a federal appeals court, according to the CFPB workers' union.

The Trump administration continues to battle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's union by seeking a stay of a preliminary injunction that reinstated the CFPB's workforce and contracts and preserved its data.

Javice sold her student-aid startup, Frank, to JPMorgan in 2021. Two years later, the bank accused her of creating fake profiles to boost the number of customers.

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that preserves the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's existence, reinstates fired employees and contracts, requires data be preserved and mandates that employees go back to work.

Democratic lawmakers signed an amicus brief with the D.C. District Court supporting a preliminary injunction to stop mass firings by the Trump administration at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.