Judge orders CFPB to reinstate fired employees, preserve records and get back to work

In a filing, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the Trump-appointed leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to halt its efforts to dismantle the agency, siding with the CFPB employee union in a lawsuit against acting director Russell Vought. The judge prohibited layoffs of staff without cause, reinstated fired employees, and directed the agency to ensure functionality of its consumer complaint portal. The order also required compliance reports and applied to all CFPB leaders and associated individuals, including those from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

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