Tag: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Class Action Waivers in Consumer Finance Arbitration Agreements to be Banned: CFPB Proposed Rule Open for Comment Until August 22, 2016

Tony LathropArbitration, CFPB, Class Action Waivers, Class Actions, Class Arbitration, Consumer Finance Litigation, Litigation

On May 24, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) long-anticipated Proposed Rule prohibiting the use of class action waivers in consumer finance arbitration agreements was published in the Federal Register and opened for public comment. The Proposed Rule has…

CFPB Singles Out Class Action Waivers for Elimination from Consumer Financial Arbitration Agreements

Tony LathropArbitration, CFPB, Class Action Waivers, Class Actions, Class Arbitration, Consumer Finance Litigation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) made clear this week that, in its view, class action waivers should be on the chopping block in the agency’s upcoming rulemaking aimed at regulating the use of arbitration clauses in consumer financial agreements. …