Tag Archives: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Finally a couple of good things

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Naomi

♥ Marty Walsh, our Secretary of Labor, announced on Twitter when the Biden Admin took office, over 18 million Americans were receiving UI benefits. Now, that number has dropped to 1.4 million. (That’s some drop.) ♥ Washington State’s gov Jay … Continue reading →

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Recusal: and so it begins…

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Naomi

As justifiable anger has erupted over the GOP rush to confirm radically right wing and, in my view, intellectual and academic mediocrities to the federal courts, I started musing about recusal. I know that recusal is entirely a personal choice … Continue reading →

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Class action versus arbitration? CFPB comes through big time

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Naomi

Source: Rule on Arbitration Would Restore Right to Sue Banks – The New York Times The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing a rule that would limit clauses forcing customers to agree to arbitration instead of pursuing class-action suits. When … Continue reading →

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