New York officials are proposing a bill to strengthen consumer protections as the Trump administration scales back the ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced new state legislation to ban unfair and abusive business practices, giving state regulators broader authority to crack down on consumer abuses.

A new bill would shore up consumer protections as state officials argue the federal government is rolling back its own ...

Legislation to Overturn Medical Debt Rule: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds and Representative Ralph Norman introduced resolutions to ...

Ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened in 2011 with a mandate to regulate financial institutions, its detractors have tried to eliminate it. They have questioned its ...

As the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in recent days has moved to dismiss at least 10 cases accusing companies of ...

With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau frozen, consumers will have to rely on their state AGs and regulators when they ...

A relentless wave of unpredictability is making Legal’s goal of horizon scanning and mitigating risk increasingly difficult.

"It's sending a strong message that the CFPB is not here for consumers anymore; that under the Trump administration, the CFPB is here to give out pardons for violating the law," Erin Witte, director ...

It's rare for people to switch banks. Checking-account holders in the U.S. have had the same account for 19 years on average, while for savings-account holders it's an average of 17 years, according ...

After the 2008 bank-fueled economic crash, consumers helped establish an independent financial watchdog to protect their ...

The task force terminated vendor contracts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development worth a combined $305 million, ...