In the latest regulatory claim about what finance companies might be doing wrong, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said this week that arbitration agreements restrict consumers’ relief for ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced that it is seeking comments on proposed rules to prohibit mandatory arbitration clauses that the regulator claims would “deny groups of ...

We are very pleased to report that the CFPB has denied a Petition for Rulemaking filed by a group of consumer advocate organizations that would prohibit the use of pre-dispute arbitration clauses in ...

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On January 13, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new proposed rule attempting to ban certain contractual provisions in "take it or leave it" consumer contracts that purport to ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a rule that would prohibit banks and other financial companies from using agreements to waive consumers' legal rights, protections and remedies ...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is moving forward with new rules that would prohibit the mandatory arbitration clauses in contracts that banks, credit card companies, and other rely upon to ...

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau prepares to collect comments on its proposal to ban class action waivers, House lawmakers discussed Wednesday whether the court system or arbitration best ...