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Sam Bragg

About Sam Bragg

Leveraging his experience as a management consultant and federal judicial clerk, Sam provides clients with innovative litigation solutions to help them realize their complex commercial goals.

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Supreme Court Wrestles with Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege

January 17, 2023 By Sam Bragg, Kelley Barnaby and Christian Sweeney

A&B Abstract: On Monday, January 9, 2023, the United States Supreme Court heard argument in a case with potentially major implications for companies and individuals alike. In re Grand Jury asks the Court to give trial courts a definitive standard for determining if dual-purpose client communications containing both legal and nonlegal advice are protected under […]

Filed Under: Supreme Court Decisions Tagged With: ACP, Attorney-Client Privilege, Privilege, SCOTUS, SupremeCourt

38 Attorneys General Ask SCOTUS to Determine the CFPB’s Fate

December 29, 2022 By Kelley Barnaby, Sam Bragg and Chris Thomson

A&B Abstract: In November, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in connection with the Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Community Financial, which held that the CFPB’s funding structure violated the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause. (For a full discussion of the Community Financial decision, click here; for a full […]

Filed Under: Attorney General Actions, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Supreme Court Decisions Tagged With: #CFPB, Attorneys General, Fifth Circuit, SupremeCourt

CFPB Petitions High Court to Consider Decision Holding Funding Structure Unconstitutional

November 29, 2022 By Sam Bragg

A&B Abstract: On November 14, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in connection with the Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Community Financial, which held that the CFPB’s funding structure violated the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause.  (For a full discussion of the Community Financial decision, click here.) The […]

Filed Under: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Supreme Court Decisions Tagged With: #CFPB, 5th Circuit, Case law, Supreme Court

The CFPB’s Funding Structure Held Unconstitutional: The Practical Implications

October 28, 2022 By Sam Bragg and Tyler Blake

A&B ABstract: In another existential challenge to the CFPB, last week the Fifth Circuit held in the Community Financial[1] case that the CFPB’s funding structure is unconstitutional. On this ground, it vacated the CFPB’s Payday Lending Rule. The decision’s rationale, however, is expected to have much further-reaching implications. Simply put, many believe that the Fifth […]

Filed Under: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Tagged With: #CFPB, 5th Circuit, Fifth Circuit

CFPB Sues MoneyLion over Membership Program, Uses Military Lending Act as Hook

October 5, 2022 By Sam Bragg and Kelley Barnaby

A&B Abstract: On September 29, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), sued MoneyLion Technologies Inc. and 37 of its subsidiaries (“MoneyLion”) in New York federal court for violations of the Military Lending Act (the “MLA”) and Consumer Financial Protection Act (“CFPA”). The Allegations The CFPB alleges that MoneyLion offered installment loans that consumers could […]

Filed Under: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Loan, Dodd-Frank Act Tagged With: #CFPA, #CFPB, #New York

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