Appointment Of CFPB Director Causes Rift Among State AGs
Partner Stephen Piepgrass and Associate Robert Claiborne are published in Law360 for their byline titled, “Appointment Of CFPB Director Causes Rift Among State AGs.” The pair cover several federal court challenges to the president’s pick of Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”). They cite amici supporting the challengers, outline next steps in litigation and explain the significance for enforcement. They write, “Companies may not be able to avoid investigations and litigation by those attorneys general who have taken up the mantel of the old CFPB. But when these companies find themselves in the crosshairs, it may be worth reaching out to the attorneys general who have defended the administration’s regulatory rollback — as well as to the administration itself — for support in the form of amicus briefs, official opinions and the like.”