Inside State AGs’ Arguments Defending The CFPB

State Attorneys General Partner and Practice Chair Paul Singer, Special Counsel Beth Chun, and Associate Andrea deLorimier wrote ​“Inside State AGs’ Arguments Defending The CFPB” for Law360. The article discusses amicus briefs filed by a coalition of all 23 Democratic attorneys general warning against efforts by the Trump administration to defund and disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

“In the amicus briefs, the coalition of state attorneys general, co-led by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New York Attorney General Letitia James, write to support the plaintiffs’ motions for preliminary injunction to prevent irreparable harm to the states and their residents if the CFPB were dismantled.”

This article breaks down the background of the CFPB and attorney general collaboration, the absence of CFPB services, increased burden on the states, the courts’ decisions, and a call for state action.

Read the full article here.