The CFPB has reached out to sympathetic constituencies in search of more legal cases in which it can submit amicus, or “friend of the court,” briefs, a letter from the bureau suggests. The text of the letter was reproduced on a legal blog hosted by the consumer advocacy group, Public Citizen. “The bureau welcomes and encourages suggestions of cases as candidates for amicus curiae participation,” said the Dec. 17, 2014, letter, signed by Meredith Fuchs, general counsel, and Nandan Joshi, director of the amicus program. “We seek your recommendations as important stakeholders in the area of consumer finance.” The occasion precipitating the letter apparently was the three-year anniversary of the program. “Through the amicus program, the bureau has sought to ...