Loans, Retail Installment Contracts, and Refinancing Programs — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The CFPB’s Report on Negative Equity in Auto Lending - Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The CARS Rule — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Auto Finance – CFPB Circular Release — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating Ancillary Products in Auto Finance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Auto Finance – The Holder Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Auto Finance – The CFPB Complaints Report — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Avoiding Auto Finance Pitfalls Under the FTC's New CARS Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CARS Rule: What You Need To Know About the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Motor Vehicle Dealer Trade Regulation Rule, Part I
FTC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Voluntary Products in Automobile Finance Transactions - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Repo America Podcast: There's A New Sheriff In Town - What To Expect From The Revived CFPB
ConsumerFi Podcast with Eric Johnson: The New Administration's Impact on the Auto Sales and Lending Industries
AFSA Extra Credit Podcast: Auto Remote Sales Compliance
As discussed here, on January 4, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the New York Attorney General (NY AG) filed a joint complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against...more
[co-authors: Amelie Hopkins, and Collin Grier] The year 2021 started with the hope of COVID-19 vaccines and a return to (relative) normalcy, only to conclude with new variants that presented new challenges and extended...more
By now, you likely are aware of the recent Supreme Court decision in City of Chicago, Illinois v. Fulton. The Court rightly found that merely retaining possession of a vehicle repossessed pre-petition is not a violation of...more
The United States Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc. drastically restricting the universe of companies subject to potential liability under the Fair Debt Collection Practices...more
Deutsche Bank’s penchant for dealing in risk—in the form of currency swaps, bond sales, or derivatives, among others—has left it (and its highly leveraged balance sheet) particularly vulnerable amidst last week’s news of...more
Breaking News - Solicitor General Files Brief in Madden v. Midland Funding - On May 24, the U.S Solicitor General (SG) filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court (the Court) in the matter of Madden v. Midland...more
2015 was an action-packed year for fair lending, including a long-anticipated Supreme Court decision on disparate-impact claims under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), record-breaking redlining settlements, a new round of...more
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide next Term, in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, whether a class can be certified when many class members lack injury (see my June 16 post for more on that). The Ohio Supreme Court...more
As of now, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) prohibits dealers from unintentional, or “disparate impact,” discrimination in setting dealer reserves in auto financing. This disparate impact can result from policies or...more
To resolve charges by the Consumer Federal Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it engaged in unlawful discrimination in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), American Honda...more
Just over 18 months after bringing a disparate impact-based ECOA case against Ally Financial (“Ally”) for discriminatory auto loan pricing, the CFPB has struck again—this time taking action against American Honda Finance...more