Requiem for the Rules: The Rise and Fall of the Junk Fee and CARS Rules — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Introducing the Consumer Financial Services Year in Review Series: A Look at What’s to Come — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Dissecting Oral Arguments in NADA's Challenge to the CARS Rule — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Regulation of Negative Option Consumer Contracts – Silence as Consent
The CARS Rule — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Auto Finance – The Holder Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Introduction to The Consumer Finance Podcast
Dancing to Their Own Tune: Empowering Consumers Through Self-Service
On October 6, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 766—the California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act—which purports to help make the car-buying process more transparent and strengthen consumer...more
We've written before about how the federal government in 2025 appears to be deprioritizing enforcement of consumer protection laws. However, just because the federal government deprioritizes some areas of enforcement doesn't...more
Motor finance agreements are often arranged on (or rather near) a motor dealership forecourt. To facilitate the sale of a vehicle, the motor dealer acts as a broker for a consumer to finance that vehicle, with the ultimate...more
The FCA has announced the details of its proposed industry-wide redress scheme for motor finance customers who were treated unfairly between 2007 and 2024. This follows the UK Supreme Court’s recent judgment in the ‘Motor...more
Motor vehicle purchase and finance transactions are rarely simple, even if they're routine from the perspective of the businesses involved. The typical motor vehicle retail installment transaction features the buyer, the...more
The first two months of 2025 were filled with numerous consumer protection actions by state AGs against vehicle dealers and players in the mortgage space, among others. ...more
New York lawmakers—with full support from the attorney general—are pushing a sweeping expansion of consumer protection laws that could turn routine financial transactions into the next big class action battleground and expand...more
On January 13, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it proposed a rule (the Proposed Rule) seeking to ban certain terms and conditions in agreements for consumer financial products or services...more
The Consumer Duty applies to firms that materially influence consumer outcomes. The Consumer Duty (Duty) (as set out in the FCA’s Policy Statement PS22/9 and guidance document FG22/5) will come into force at the end of...more
In our previous client alert, The UK Consumer Duty: Next Steps for Private Fund Managers, we explored the new consumer duty rules contained in PS22/9: A new Consumer Duty. As we noted, the duty applies to managers who provide...more
The report uncovered a 100% increase in the number of lawsuits brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act over the past ten years and revealed decreases in Truth-In-Lending Act cases. The report’s data, which represents...more
This update takes a look at the FCA’s Interim Report and its initial views relating to the review of the provisions of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA), which show early signs of a more pragmatic approach to regulation than...more