Seth Frotman

Seth Frotman Testifies in Colorado Legislature on Affordability

March 19, 2025

Seth Frotman testified before the Colorado Senate and House Judiciary Committees on topic of affordability. A copy of the testimony can be read here.

Seth Frotman Co-Authors Piece on Trump Administration's Efforts to "Reboot Redlining"

July 7, 2025

Seth Frotman has co-authored a piece with Tara Mikkilineni on the Trump administration's efforts to "reboot redlining." The piece, published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology's JOLT Digest, can be read here.

Seth Frotman Co-Authors Piece on the Trump Administration's Attack on Administrative Law

May 21, 2025

Seth Frotman and Brad Lipton have published a piece in the Yale Journal on Regulation on the Trump administration's attack on administrative law. The piece, entitled "The 100 Days That Put the Nail in the Coffin of Administrative Law," can be read here.

Seth Frotman Joins Call for Aid from Lawyers Formerly Employed by Federal Government

July 18, 2025

Seth Frotman joined a group of former federally-employed lawyers in a call to "all lawyers previously employed by the federal government to come to the aid of their former coworkers." The call, which can be read here, cites a need for legal assistance among current federal employees in the wake of the recent mass firings and ensuing confusion in the federal sector.

Seth Frotman Co-Authors California Law Review Article on the Broken State of Our Legal System

August 18, 2025

Seth Frotman and Brad Lipton have published an article in the California Law Review elucidating the highly politicized and deeply flawed state of our current legal system. A number of fundamental changes need to be made, they argue, in order to make the system work for regular people rather than corporate interests. The piece, entitled "The Greatest Trick John Roberts Ever Pulled: Convincing the World that Rigged Courts Are Neutral," can be read here

Don’t Mourn Regulatory Independence

June 9, 2025

Donald Trump has seized control over previously “independent” federal regulators. That’s problematic—but Democrats should resist the urge to revert to the way things were.

Amid the recent flurry of radical executive orders, one in particular has flown under the radar: President Trump has seized control over regulators like the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Commission, ending a century-old tradition that kept these financial watchdogs “independent” from White House control.

As former financial regulators, we are deeply concerned...

NY Must Step Up to Protect Consumers as Feds Step Back (Guest Opinion by Samuel Levine & Seth Frotman)

May 29, 2025

Sam Levine is former director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. Seth Frotman is former general counsel and senior adviser to the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. They are based in Washington, D.C.

It will come as no surprise to Syracuse that the global financial crisis did not begin with the collapse of Lehman Brothers, or with the meltdown in the stock market. It began house by house, mortgage by subprime mortgage, pushed by lenders who knew these loans would fail. And it began with the federal government turning a blind eye to...

What Does the CFPB’s Mass Guidance Withdrawal Mean? Not Much

May 17, 2025

As more and more Americans struggle to pay their bills every month, the Trump Administration is spending its time on pointless gestures to impress big banks and corporate interests. This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) withdrew 67 guidance documents—...