NAF Workshop to Provide Legal Update for Dealers
LINTHICUM, Md. -- The National Automotive Finance (NAF) Association's legal committee members will present a day's worth of legal updates aimed at helping dealerships and finance companies understand the regulatory and compliance issues that are increasingly part of their business transactions.
LINTHICUM, Md. -- The National Automotive Finance (NAF) Association’s legal committee members will present a day’s worth of legal updates aimed at helping dealerships and finance companies understand the regulatory and compliance issues that are increasingly part of their business transactions.
"Auto Finance Compliance Master Class: Legal Advice You Can Use" will be held Sept. 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Centrix Financial headquarters in Centennial, Colo. The workshop is open to NAF Association members and non-members.
Session topics include:
Update on Bankruptcy Changes — Change Your Forms Now
Advantages and Disadvantages of Videotaping F&I Proceedings
Do Not Fax, Do Not Call and FACT Act Updates
Race Discrimination & Arbitration Updates
Identity Theft and Other Scams
Current Software Programming with Contracts
Online Car Sales
How to Spot Deliver a Vehicle and Stay Out of Court
Advertising Violations
How to Handle Negative Equity on the Contract
Steve Levine, Regional Acceptance Corporation and chairman of the association’s legal committee, and Tom Hudson, Hudson Cook,
co-chaired the workshop planning group and will be among the
presenters. Other presenters are: Mark Edelman, McGlinchey Stafford; Randy Henricks, DealerTrack; Eric Johnson, Phillips McFall McCaffrey McVay & Murrah; Doug Koktavy, Douglas D. Koktavy, PC; Steve Tjaden, from workshop sponsor, Reynolds & Reynolds; and Larry Young, HughesWattersAskanase.
Registration is $99 for members and $199 for non-members. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Information and online registration can be found at www.nafassociation.com.
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