CFPB’s Cordray pleads with President Trump to spare arbitration ban
With President Trump likely to sign away the CFPB’s ban on mandatory arbitration clauses, Director Richard Cordray has lobbed the political equivalent of a Hail Mary pass: a direct, personal letter seeking reconsideration.
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