CFPB’s Latest Layoffs Halted in Setback to Shutdown Effort (3)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may not proceed with agencywide job cuts, while a D.C. federal court weighs whether the terminations would violate a preliminary injunction blocking the agency from shutting down.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia suspended the reduction in force and prohibited the agency from discontinuing any employee’s access to work systems, including email and internal platforms, until the court rules on plaintiffs’ bid to enforce the injunction.

The CFPB’s sudden move Thursday to terminate much of its workforce brought the agency’s leadership back to court, where Jackson said ...