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Sohan is a strategic and experienced problem-solver representing clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal and state appellate and trial courts, government agencies, state legislatures, and Congress. His practice includes trial and appellate litigation, public law, investigations (including congressional, regulatory, and internal), regulatory and compliance matters, and international disputes (including international trade and international arbitration). Sohan is admitted in various jurisdictions in order to execute his eclectic skillset on multiple platforms.

Due to a Fifth Circuit decision striking down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Payday Lending Rule promulgated in 2017 — in a case known as Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited v. CFPB — the Bureau’s very existence is in peril.

Some of the key takeaways from this decision are:

  • CFPB’s funding structure violates the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause.
  • There was a “linear nexus” between the unconstitutional funding mechanism and the challenged CFPB action — in this case, a


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