Military Lending Act and Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Overview - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s supervisory observations that the auto finance industry seemed to be struggling with providing adequate consumer protections to servicemembers, the CFPB has joined with the...more
Federal law and analogous state laws provide a broad array of generous, and often misunderstood, consumer and other protections to military servicemembers enforceable by federal and/or state authorities. Two recent...more
Student Loan Forgiveness Updates: New Changes Coming in 2022 for Public Service Borrowers - "Borrowers on track for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, a federal student loan forgiveness program for people devoted to careers...more
On September 30, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it settled a lawsuit alleging that a sales finance company violated the early motor vehicle lease termination protections provided to servicemembers under the...more
Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act - What You Need to Know - Between the Civil War and 1940, the United States periodically had legislation that prevented lawsuits against soldiers and sailors during times of conflict. Then,...more