Deepak Gupta
@deepakguptalaw.bsky.social
Supreme Court & appellate advocate for plaintiffs and the public interest. Access to justice, consumer and workers rights, class actions. Founder of Gupta Wessler LLP, Washington, DC. Lecturer at Harvard Law School. Formerly of CFPB and Public Citizen.
We're disappointed by today's decision. For nearly a century, the Supreme Court's precedent has recognized Congress's power to create independent agencies that serve the public interest. That precedent remains the law of the land and we will continue to defend it. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Supreme Court Lets Trump, for Now, Remove Agency Leaders
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thehill.com/newsletters/... "Gupta Wessler has just 11 lawyers and four partners ... Despite its role in the major Trump cases, the firm’s focus is usually on Supreme Court, appellate and constitutional litigation. This term alone, the firm had four arguments before the Supreme Court ..."
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So excited to see my good friend David Seligman jump into the race for Colorado AG. He's never run for office before but he's spent his career fighting for workers and consumers and against monopolies and abuses of corporate power. He's the real deal! Show your support here: seligmanforag.com
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David Seligman for Colorado Attorney General@seligmanforag.bsky.social · last yr.I'm David Seligman. I’m running for CO Attorney General. This campaign is about reclaiming our power from the billionaires who have stolen it from us, from working families. We will fight. And we will win. Because we love our country the core promise it made to us: The law belongs to us.
Whatever you think of SCOTUS or of BigLaw (e.g., Jones Day & Gibson Dunn each earn an "F" from @lsca.bsky.social), some firms are doing invaluable work before the Court. Kudos to Gupta Wessler, working “to shape the law to enhance justice and improve people’s lives.”
Deepak Gupta@deepakguptalaw.bsky.social · last yr.Bloomberg listed the firms with the most recent Supreme Court arguments. Gupta Wessler is in the top five, with seven cases over the past two terms. As a tiny firm, we're proud to go up against corporate giants--and even prouder to keep scoring wins for our plaintiff and public interest clients.
Bloomberg listed the firms with the most recent Supreme Court arguments. Gupta Wessler is in the top five, with seven cases over the past two terms. As a tiny firm, we're proud to go up against corporate giants--and even prouder to keep scoring wins for our plaintiff and public interest clients.
“The fact that we’re just 100 days in, and the Trump administration has already been incredibly successful at taking some of its legal opposition off the playing field is truly terrifying,” said @deepakguptalaw.bsky.social. Important for lawyers to step up! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/b...
Some Giant Law Firms Shy Away From Pro Bono Immigration Cases
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Fearing Trump, Some Giant Law Firms Shy Away From Pro Bono www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/b...
Some Giant Law Firms Shy Away From Pro Bono Immigration Cases
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New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/b...
New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
Emails and testimonials from workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau document the administration’s efforts to lay off 90 percent of the employees.
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Procedural flaw could derail a ruling in a class action case now before the U.S. Supreme Court www.law.com/nationallawj...
Scholars Say Justices Should Dump Case That Could Curb Class Actions
Business groups want the justices to put a stop to overly broad class actions that include people without injuries. But a group of scholars have identified a procedural flaw that could derail a ruling in the case currently set to be heard this month.
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Victory! Court order suspending yesterday's attempted reduction in force of about 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CFPB Slashed to the Bone, Threatening Financial Markets "The agency fired 1,500 workers on Thursday, which violates a court order and threatens a meltdown of mortgage markets and more." prospect.org/justice/cfpb...
CFPB Slashed to the Bone, Threatening Financial Markets
The agency fired 1,500 workers on Thursday, which violates a court order and threatens a meltdown of mortgage markets and more.
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Court order issued just now (at 11:13pm) in the case challenging the plan to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without congressional authorization.
"This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Motion for order to show cause: "Earlier today, the defendants sent out reduction-in-force notices to the vast majority of CFPB employees. Public reporting puts the total number of people terminated at approximately 1,400-1,500." www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
How a Supreme Court Ruling Could Weaken Fed Independence, Shake Markets www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
How a Supreme Court Ruling Could Weaken Fed Independence, Shake Markets
The justices are revisiting “Humphrey’s Executor,” a decision barring presidents from firing certain federal officials for purely political reasons.
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Here's the brief we filed late yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Gwynne Wilcox in her challenge to President Trump's unlawful attempt to remove her from the National Labor Relations Board: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
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"No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue." www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
The Promise of American Higher Education
No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue
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Brief of amicus federal courts scholars in Labcorp v. Davis: "There is only one way for the Court to avoid issuing an advisory opinion in this case: dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted or for lack of jurisdiction." www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Judge Wilkinson on the "path to perfect lawlessness": "the government could whisk individuals to foreign prisons in violation of court orders and then contend, invoking its Article Il powers, that it is no longer their custodian, and there is nothing that can be done."
The Court's decision today reaffirms 90 years of Supreme Court precedent that protects the independence of agencies like the NLRB and the Federal Reserve Board. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US appeals court blocks Trump from removing Democrats from labor boards
A federal appeals court on Monday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from removing Democratic members from two federal labor boards, setting aside its earlier ruling.
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I'm proud to have had Pastor Eva as a client in the last days of her life, and am equally proud to be representing her husband Ted to carry on her legacy in this fight.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2y agoEva Steege had been struggling for years to access student loan forgiveness, and given her years of religious service, she finally became eligible, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Then the Trump administration halted the agency’s efforts.
A dying pastor’s last act: Fighting DOGE cuts for those still living Eva Steege, 83, tried for years to pay off her student debt. Trump slashed the agency helping her, so she sued while in hospice care. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
A dying pastor’s last act: Fighting DOGE cuts for those still living
Eva Steege, 83, tried for years to pay off her student debt. The Trump administration slashed the agency helping her, so she sued while in hospice care.
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Hundreds of law firms, former judges sign onto briefs in support of Perkins Coie thehill.com/regulation/c...
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We're asking the full D.C. Circuit to urgently step in and decide the constitutionality of Trump's unprecedented campaign to fire independent agency heads. Our petition for initial hearing en banc in the D.C. Circuit on behalf of NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
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We're representing the plaintiffs in a major U.S. Supreme Court case on class action lawsuits, Labcorp v. Davis, which I'll be arguing in April. Here's our merits brief, filed earlier today: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
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Trump’s Not-So-Subtle Purpose in Fighting Big Law Firms The president has attacked law firms for “frivolous” litigation. But his actions could undermine the basic right of Americans to sue their government. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b...
Trump’s Not-So-Subtle Purpose in Fighting Big Law Firms (Gift Article)
The president has attacked law firms for “frivolous” litigation. But his actions could undermine the basic right of Americans to sue their government.
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All the focus on white-shoe law firms isn't just about abstract ideals or scales falling from people's eyes. They're preemptively bailing on clients who can't find representation elsewhere because actual civil society doesn't have the resources. Sounding the alarm. www.offmessage.net/p/elite-lawy...
Judge Grants Injunction to Prevent Consumer Bureau From Being ‘Dissolved and Dismantled’ A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the Trump administration from carrying out mass firings or otherwise dismantling the CFPB www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling CFPB (Gift Article)
The bureau has been in turmoil as the Trump administration moved to fire hundreds of employees, ordered the rest to stop working and closed offices.
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