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Automotive Industry Consent Order Civil Monetary Penalty

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Lincoln Automobile Manufacturing Facility Enter...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, LLC DBA Alabama Auto Plant (“Honda”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more

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NHTSA Announces Record Setting Civil Penalty in Consent Order With Chrysler

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In 2014, NHTSA collected a record setting amount of civil penalties. For 2015, NHTSA may be on pace to exceed last year’s record. On July 26, 2015, NHTSA announced a $105 million civil penalty against FCA US LLC, the former...more

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CFPB Brings First ECOA Disparate Impact Action Post-Inclusive Communities

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Just over 18 months after bringing a disparate impact-based ECOA case against Ally Financial (“Ally”) for discriminatory auto loan pricing, the CFPB has struck again—this time taking action against American Honda Finance...more

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NY regulator settles lawsuit filed using Dodd-Frank authority

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A settlement has been announced in the lawsuit filed by Benjamin Lawsky, the Superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, using his Dodd-Frank Section 1042 authority. Section 1042 allows state attorneys...more

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Furnishers Beware – CFPB Signals That Civil Penalties May Be Appropriate Even Without Any Actual Consumer Injury

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Yesterday, the CFPB announced a consent order with First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc., an auto finance company that both makes loans to consumers and purchases retail installment sale contracts from auto dealers....more

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