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Hidden Triggers

September 28, 2016

As if more evidence is needed that dealers must give attention to FTC requirements to avoid a consent order, a company with three Kia dealerships in the southwest just agreed

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Congress Adds Weight to Government Agency Hammers – Massive Weight

August 30, 2016

Government is great about creating fictions to cover its intentions – commonly known as spin. The latest example of government spin is the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements

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Indemnification under Indirect Finance and Lease Agreements

August 30, 2016

Financing and leasing are the lifeblood of your dealership. According to some estimates, about 85% of new vehicles sold are financed or leased. Dealers operate in an “indirect” system. When

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EEOC: How is Your Anti-Harassment Training Going?

July 19, 2016

On June 20, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released the findings and recommendations of its Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace. Unsurprisingly, since one

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The Supreme Court May Have to Decide

July 18, 2016

It is not unusual for federal courts to disagree with federal agency interpretations. When some disagree, but others agree, only the U.S. Supreme Court can resolve the differences.   Recently,

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CFPB Seeks to Ban Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements on Finance Products and Services

May 31, 2016

On May 5, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its long-awaited proposed rule on predispute arbitration provisions. This was done as part of a curiously timed CFPB field hearing

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Still Filling the Federal Bucket List

April 28, 2016

In January, we noted that federal bureaucrats will impose the burdens of as many of their wish list items on businesses they can in the final year of the Obama

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Filling that Federal Bucket List

March 28, 2016

As we warned in January, federal bureaucrats see the final year of the Obama administration as possibly their last best chance to check off the bucket list for amassing total

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Data Protection

March 28, 2016

The complications of protecting data keep multiplying for dealers. Vehicle Data At the Washington D.C. Auto Show’s public policy panel this year, Federal Trade Commissioner Maureen Olhansusen warned that the

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