Dueling Petitions and a Surprise Advocate: Kannon Shanmugam Reflects on Supreme Court's CFPB Case

"There are a lot of questions still to be worked out, including questions about the effect of the decision on previous actions taken by the CFPB while it was unconstitutionally structured," said Kannon Shanmugam, chair of the Supreme Court group at Paul Weiss and managing partner of the firm's Washington office.

August 27, 2020 at 06:51 PM

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Tony Mauro

The U.S. Supreme Court's June 29 decision in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was a major test of the separation of powers, with ramifications for presidents—and businesses—for years to come.