They almost made it.
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau sued CashCall on behalf of consumers for deceptively attempting to collect interest and fees to which it was not legally entitled. It won, with an initial $10.7 million award, but the CFPB appealed, claiming that the award should have been higher, and the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded, at which point the district court upped the award to $137 million in restitution. Then the Ninth Circuit affirmed, and today, issues an amended opinion and denies CashCall's motions for rehearing and rehearing en banc.
CashCall is politically well-connected, and Paul Clement represented them on appeal. As you may know, President Trump is currently gutting the CFPB, and is in the process of firing 90% of its workforce.
I suspect that if CashCall could have held out just a little longer, they might have gotten out of the $137 million award.
Still might, of course.
But, for now, it stands.