Panel Upholds Summary Judgment Ruling In CFPB Enforcement Action

Mealey's (July 27, 2021, 1:33 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an enforcement action brought against two law firms and certain of their attorneys because the bureau’s determination that the law firms and attorneys were not engaged in the practice of law was supported by the evidence, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 23 in affirming in part and remanding in part....