The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released its Spring 2023 rulemaking agenda. The agenda includes a new rulemaking that did not appear on the Fall 2022 agenda—a rule
Continue Reading CFPB Intends to Supervise and Examine Consumer Payments CompaniesOn Feb. 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the anti-retaliation provision of the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) protects only employees who complain to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Continue Reading SCOTUS Rules Dodd-Frank Does Not Protect Internal Whistleblowing
On Monday, June 26, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review whether the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) prohibits retaliation against internal whistleblowers or only covers individuals who report to the
Continue Reading SCOTUS to Resolve Circuit Split Over Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers
On March 8, 2017, in Somers v. Digital Realty Trust Inc., No.15-cv-17352 (9th Cir., March 8, 2017), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s denial of
Continue Reading Ninth Circuit Widens Circuit Split on Whether Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Whistleblowing