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ArticlesSeptember 26, 2025

The Best Thing a Dealer Can Do to Avoid Legal Problems

Citing the issue is a strategy borrowed from the legal field itself.

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Newsby StaffAugust 30, 2022

FTC Denies Extending Comment Period on Proposed Dealer Regulations

The FTC voted 5-0 against a further deadline extension after receiving approximately 2,400 comments.

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Done Dealby Gregory ArroyoJanuary 4, 2018

Rescinding the CFPB’s Auto Finance Guidance

The editor debunks a few myths about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, then explains why the industry is on the brink of repealing the bureau’s auto finance guidance.

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NewsJanuary 3, 2018

Marijuana Use Still Illegal on Calif. Roads

Marijuana sales for recreational use became legal in California on Jan. 1, but another change in state law prohibits smoking or consuming the drug while driving or riding in a vehicle.

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Newsby Gregory ArroyoAugust 24, 2017

GM: Dealers Must Disclose Non-GM Parts, Service Contracts

General Motors dealers who sell non-GM service contracts, parts and accessories must now disclose to their customers that the products are not backed by the automaker. Dealers who don’t comply face possible termination of their franchise agreement.

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NewsJuly 25, 2017

Hudson Cook Team Updates ‘CARLAW F&I Desk Book’

Authored by attorneys Thomas B. Hudson, Michael Benoit, Ralph Rohner and the attorneys of Hudson Cook LLP, 'CARLAW F&I Legal Desk Book (7th edition) – The Answer Book for Finance and Insurance Professionals,' presents a law-by-law, regulation-by-regulation guide through the legal maze that dealers face every day.

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Newsby Gregory ArroyoJuly 13, 2017

Three States Pass GAP Laws

The Guaranteed Asset Protection Alliance, a lobbying group made up of GAP providers, administrators and finance sources, was instrumental in getting two of the three laws passed — the most recent state to adopt its model act being Maine.

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Articlesby Tom HudsonJuly 7, 2017

A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing

The magazine’s legal wiz reminds dealers and F&I pros why it’s wise to assume every customer knows the bad compliance practices you should have outlawed years ago.

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NewsJanuary 31, 2017

EFG Companies: F&I Industry Faces Murky 2017

The expected regulatory rollback, plateauing sales, rising interest rates, and the push to change the in-dealership experience clouds the F&I industry’s future, EFG Companies said today. Four of the firm's executives offered their predictions for 2017.

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NewsDecember 8, 2016

Four Trade Groups Ask Lawmakers to Instate Five-Person Board to Lead CFPB

Four associations representing 12,000 banks and credit unions have asked Senate leaders to consider replacing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s single-director structure with a five-person bipartisan commission next year.

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