The Constitutionality of Independent Agencies: The CFPB - Podcast
Litigation Practice Group Podcast
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In April, the mortgage lender PHH Corporation challenged the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) after being ordered by the CFPB to disgorge $109 million. PHH challenged the bureau’s legitimacy under Article II, and cited Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board as relevant precedent, because PCA officers could be removed for cause, and then, only by officers of the SEC. Meanwhile, the CFPB cited Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, in which the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which allowed the president to remove an FTC commissioner only for cause. Professor Peter Conti-Brown of The Wharton School and Gregory Jacob, partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP joined us to discuss the CFPB and the constitutionality of other independent agencies like it.
Featuring:
- Mr. Peter Conti-Brown, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School
- Mr. Gregory F. Jacob, Gregory F. Jacob Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP