Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously ... 2019 memo written by former CFPB economist Jonathan Lanning outlined concerns about Mufarrige’s meddling in the ...

Mufarrige previously served as an attorney advisor at the CFPB and more recently within the FTC with Commissioner Melissa Holyoak. All four commissioners approved this appointment. Given his ...

Christopher Mufarrige, the newly-appointed Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ...

Alternative options if you're the victim of unfair and abusive practices as the consumer watchdog 'winds down.' ...

The FTC has its eye on business opportunity schemes like this one and will take decisive action to stop them,” said Chris Mufarrige, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

State attorneys general have previously taken action against predatory lenders, and the FTC continues to pursue cases involving deceptive financial practices. However, both lack the CFPB's ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is allowing some offices to resume their functions, as the Trump administration faces a legal challenge over its stop work order and other efforts ...

U.S. consumers are at greater risk of being exploited by tech giants and financial firms after President Donald Trump fired a team of technologists from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

The new chairman of the FTC has brought the social-political wars right into the heart of the agency. What the chairman has not done, however, is change the targets of the FTC’s antitrust cases ...

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson announced Tuesday that the 2023 joint merger guidelines adopted by the Biden administration's FTC and Department of Justice (DOJ) are still in ...

The abrupt firing of Rohit Chopra, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director on February 1 and the swift appointment of Scott Bessent on February 3 have set in motion the rapid ...

Congress can fix that mistake by eliminating the CFPB and either restoring the pre-Dodd-Frank enforcement authority or consolidating those laws at the FTC.