National Treasury Employees Union, et al v. Russell Vought, et al

  1. February 03, 2026

    Trump Admin Can't Gut CFPB Off The Books, DC Circ. Told

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's employee union has urged the full D.C. Circuit to uphold a lower court order blocking sweeping cuts at the agency, arguing the Trump administration's legal theory for lifting the order would allow officials to dismantle an agency so long as they don't "put it in writing."

  2. February 02, 2026

    Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

    What happened to a GOP donor's $250,000 Swiss watch? Can cigarette warnings show jarring medical images? Will a circuit split of "far-reaching importance" for arbitration get even wider? That's a taste of the oral argument menu we'll help you digest in this preview of February's top appellate action.

  3. January 16, 2026

    CFPB Confirms Its Fed Funding Has Been Replenished

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has received the $145 million in new funding it recently requested from the Federal Reserve after a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled the Trump administration could not let the consumer agency run out of cash.

  4. January 02, 2026

    Banking Litigation To Watch In 2026

    From a U.S. Supreme Court fight over the Federal Reserve to clashes over state regulatory power, in-house enforcement and the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a slate of high-stakes lawsuits could shake up the banking landscape in the coming year.

  5. December 17, 2025

    DC Circ. Grants En Banc Hearing On CFPB Layoff Plan

    Additional D.C. Circuit judges will get to weigh in on the Trump administration's bid to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through mass layoffs, after the appeals court granted the agency's employees' union an en banc rehearing on a lower court's injunction stopping the firings.

  6. November 24, 2025

    CFPB Union Asks Court To Neutralize Fed Funding Block

    The federal labor union suing over the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to rule that the Trump administration may not shut down the agency simply by refusing to replenish its Federal Reserve funding.

  7. October 22, 2025

    Trump Admin Battles DC Circ. Rehearing Bid In CFPB Case

    The Trump administration has urged the full D.C. Circuit to keep in place a split panel's ruling that would allow mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, dismissing a union-led bid for full-court review as one that's built on a misguided "straw man" attack.

  8. October 17, 2025

    DC Circ. Denies DOJ Bid For Shutdown Delay In CFPB Case

    The D.C. Circuit said Friday it will not delay briefing in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau layoffs case as the government shutdown drags on, rejecting a Trump administration request for a deadline extension tied to the lapse in federal funding.

  9. October 15, 2025

    Vought Aims To Close CFPB Within '2 Or 3 Months'

    White House budget chief Russell Vought said Wednesday that he wants to shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to succeed in the next few months, despite the Trump administration's claims in court that the agency is just being downsized.

  10. October 08, 2025

    Trump Admin Cites Shutdown In Bid For CFPB Case Delay

    Amid growing calls for the full D.C. Circuit to revisit a recent panel ruling that would allow mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Trump administration is asking for a pause in the case until after the government shutdown is over.