CARLAW III Reloaded Offers Dealers Compliance Lessons
Tom Hudson and Emily Beck continue the legal fun with their latest edition of the CARLAW book series.
Tom Hudson and Emily Beck continue the legal fun with their latest edition of the CARLAW book series. CARLAW III - Reloaded, is an education in dealership sales and credit compliance that will entertain and inform dealers with engaging stories drawn from actual cases.
CARLAW III - Reloaded features mostly articles from Hudson and Beck, along with a few good ones from the other talented Hudson Cook LLP lawyers. The book features a collection of real dealers, real consumers and real lawsuits that illustrate the morass of legislation and regulation in which dealers have to operate.
Hudson is the author of numerous articles on auto dealer practices and finance, published in the F&I and Showroom magazine, Auto Dealer Monthly, and eDealerNews.com, among others. From coast to coast, he is a sought-after speaker on topics of legal interest to organizations like the American Financial Services Association, the National Automotive Finance Association, the Consumer Bankers Association, the American Bar Association, the National Automobile Dealers Association, state auto dealer associations and dealers.
Beck has been a frequent speaker at dealer twenty groups nationwide, and has spoken on legal compliance topics for organizations such as the National Automobile Dealers Association, the National Alliance of Buy Here, Pay Here Dealers, the National Automotive Finance Association, the National Association of Dealer Counsel, Leedom and Associates, and others. She has authored articles in a variety of industry publications, such as Dealer Business Journal, Special Finance Insider, Dealer Marketing Magazines and a number of state dealer association publications.
To purchase CARLAW III – Reloaded, click here.
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