Despite the fear expressed by consumer advocates that CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney might give financial service industry participants a “get out of jail free” card upon request, the bureau recently filed a motion in opposition to the request of Nationwide Biweekly Administration, a biweekly mortgage payment company, to alter, amend or vacate the prior judgment against the firm. This past September, the CFPB won one and lost one in a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in the case. The agency won a $7.9 million civil penalty from the defendants. However, it lost out on $74 million in sought-after restitution. The bureau also originally insisted the defendants post a bond, even though that ...