
NADA and the Miracle on 34th Street
Automotive dealers should follow the National Automobile Dealers Association's consumer-friendly guidelines in order to minimize their legal risks.
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Automotive dealers should follow the National Automobile Dealers Association's consumer-friendly guidelines in order to minimize their legal risks.
Read More →The operator of D&D Auto Sales, two employees and a state Motor Vehicle Commission technician were charged with acquiring fraudulent “clean” titles for eight flood-damaged vehicles and selling seven of them to customers.
Read More →The magazine’s legal insider doesn't believe the bureau has jurisdiction over the F&I products industry, but she admits there’s too much gray area in the Dodd-Frank Act to know for sure.
Read More →Industry insider issues a warning to finance sources that restrict a dealer’s freedom to choose which F&I products are offered to car buyers.
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Industry representatives and consumer advocacy groups squared off in Washington, D.C., last month for the CFPB’s first public forum on auto lending. The event revealed the tightrope the bureau is walking between preserving a rebounding market and strengthening consumer protections.
Read More →The settlement is the department’s third largest fair lending agreement and largest ever auto lending agreement.
Read More →On the same day a Tesla sedan is revealed to have been the possible cause of a garage fire, a group of Ohio dealers, The Columbus Dispatch reports, is suing Tesla Motors and two state agencies. The suit charges that the electric carmaker’s license violates state law.
Read More →Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller charged Auto Special Inc. with not complying with state law when it collected late fees from customers who were less than 10 days late on payments.
Read More →Reynolds and Reynolds’ new Reynolds LAW Virginia F&I Library, a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed F&I documents, is now available to franchised new-car and -truck dealers in Virginia.
Read More →Attorney General Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas is suing a used-car dealer for allegedly failing to provide clear titles to customers.
Read More →On Wednesday, the CFPB released preliminary research on the use of arbitration clauses in connection with consumer financial products and services. While auto was excluded from the review, the report’s findings make similar provisions used in auto transactions look ‘consumer-friendly by comparison,’ says legal insider.
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