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Not All Third Parties Are Created Equal

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Motor vehicle purchase and finance transactions are rarely simple, even if they're routine from the perspective of the businesses involved. The typical motor vehicle retail installment transaction features the buyer, the...more

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Missouri Supreme Court Holds Consumer Arbitration Agreements Enforceable

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On Tuesday, July 12, 2022, the Missouri Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation v. Kelly Donaldson and Robert Haulcy, No. SC99269 and Bridgecrest Acceptance Corporation v. Christopher...more

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Tenth Circuit Affirms Partial Enforcement of Arbitration Clause

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The Tenth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s decision partially compelling arbitration. Jesse Romero took out three title loans with TitleMax of New Mexico, Inc. Romero used his third loan to pay off his second loan...more

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Eleventh Circuit Finds Defendant Can’t Use Unsigned Consent to Receive Text Messages to Compel Arbitration Of TCPA Claim

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Hope Gamble sued New England Auto Finance, Inc. (NEAF) in federal court under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more

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Fall 2017 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Update

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) is a U.S. government agency created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The CFPB is the first federal agency tasked solely with the...more

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House Committee approves Dodd-Frank replacement bill

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By a vote of 30-26 earlier this week, the House Financial Services Committee approved the “The Financial CHOICE Act of 2016” (H.R. 5983), the bill released in July 2016 by Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling to replace the...more

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Congressman Hensarling’s Dodd-Frank replacement bill to include CFPB reforms

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Republican Congressman Jeb Hensarling, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee Chairman, released a summary of a bill to replace the Dodd-Frank Act.  The bill is entitled “The Financial CHOICE Act,” with “CHOICE”...more

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Fourth Circuit Considers Whether Arbitration Agreement Was Binding Where Parties Modified Contract Through Conduct

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In early April, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether an arbitration agreement was “a written provision” for purposes of the Federal Arbitration Act where the parties modified the contract through their...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CFPB Proposes Limits on Companies' Use of Arbitration Clauses

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed new rules that would ban companies' use of arbitration clauses that prevent consumer class action lawsuits. The potential new rules, announced this month, would...more

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Two Major Implications for Consumer Finance Industry from This Month’s Proposed CFPB Rules

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When the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its study on the use of pre-dispute arbitration (PDA) clauses earlier this year, many expected the CFPB to propose a ban on all PDAs in contracts for consumer...more

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CFPB Singles Out Class Action Waivers for Elimination from Consumer Financial Arbitration Agreements

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) made clear this week that, in its view, class action waivers should be on the chopping block in the agency’s upcoming rulemaking aimed at regulating the use of arbitration...more

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CFPB Taking Steps to Ban Class Action Waivers

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On October 7, the CFPB announced at a field hearing in Denver, Colorado, that it plans to propose rules via its rule-making authority that would prohibit financial services companies from including class action waivers in...more

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CFPB Eyes Consumer Arbitration Clauses

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It has only been 24 hours since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its plans to propose rules limiting the use of arbitration clauses, but the financial services industry is already gearing up to...more

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CFPB Takes Aim at Class Action Waivers in Arbitration

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On October 7, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is considering proposing rules that would prohibit companies from including in consumer contracts arbitration clauses that prevent...more

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California Supreme Court Upholds Consumer Contract Arbitration Provision Under California’s Unconscionability Framework

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In a dispute over the purchase of a car, the purchaser filed a class action in California against the car dealer, and the dealer moved to compel arbitration. The dealer invoked the arbitration agreement contained in the...more

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Florida’s Third DCA Enforces Florida Arbitration Statute – Sends Questions of Enforceability and Unconscionability to Arbitrator

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In Arrasola v. MGP Motor Holdings, LLC, 3D15-381, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D1837b (Fla. 3d DCA August 5, 2015) the Florida Third District Court of Appeal was asked to resolve whether a court or an arbitrator should decide if an...more

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CA Supreme Court Upholds Class Action Waivers in Long-awaited Sanchez Decision

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On August 3, 2015, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Sanchez. v. Valencia Holding Company, LLC (2015) — Cal.4th — (Sanchez). The court provided much-needed clarity for consumers and auto finance...more

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