
A landmark Supreme Court decision has helped to clarify the enforceability of arbitration agreements, but several key questions remain.
Read More →After sitting through three roundtables’ worth of tired anecdotes from consumer advocates, the magazine’s legal expert hopes the FTC will keep its word and rely on empirical data before instituting new regulations.
Read More →Before you roll your next customer, you may want to read what the magazine’s resident legal wiz has to say about doc fees and how they can be defended in court.
Read More →Do you know who your regulator is? The answer may not be as clear-cut as you think. The magazine’s legal wiz weighs in.
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Before you think about selling or expanding your operation, check out this buy-sell primer for avoiding four possible landmines on the road to a sale.
Read More →President Obama nominated former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to serve as the director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) agency. Cordray has served as head of the CFPB’s enforcement division for the last six months.
Read More →Under the new bill, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles will join states like Arizona and California in transitioning to electronic lien and titling. The move is expected to reduce costs and eliminate the state’s exposure to fraud.
Read More →Aimed at telemarketers of vehicle service contracts, Senate Bill 132 was signed into law last week and will provide further oversight on service contract sales in Missouri.
Read More →The leadership may still be up for grabs at the CFPB, but the newly formed consumer watchdog agency will hit the ground running on July 21.
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