The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaufs recently proposed method of extending its supervisory powers to nonbank mortgage lenders it considers potentially risky seems fairly straightforward. But look closely and several potential sinkholes emerge for such lenders, one leading attorney serving the mortgage industry suggested. Despite its outward simplicity, the proposed process presents several potential pitfalls for nonbanks, according to Eric Mitzenmacher, an associate attorney in the Washington, DC, office of the K&L Gates law firm. To begin with, the bureau does not define griskh...