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In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso from Troutman Pepper Locke's Consumer Financial Services Practice Group examine the current status of the Federal Trade...more
In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso are joined by colleagues Kim Phan and Aileen Ng for a deep dive into the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Safeguards Rule...more
In this special crossover episode between Moving the Metal and The Consumer Finance Podcast, Brooke Conkle, Chris Capurso, and Chris Willis analyze the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, focusing on its impact...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the April 2025 webinar....more
In this episode of Moving the Metal, Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso from Troutman Pepper Locke’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group discuss what dealerships and auto finance companies should prioritize amidst...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
In this special year-in-review episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso from Troutman Pepper Locke's Consumer Financial Services Practice Group delve into the significant...more
In this episode, Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso from Troutman Pepper Locke’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group are joined by Chris Carlson, a partner in the Regulatory Investigations Strategy and Enforcement...more
In this podcast episode, Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso are joined by esteemed senior practitioner Alan Wingfield to discuss the National Automobile Dealer Association’s (NADA) challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s...more
The administrative challenge brought by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and another trade association against the Combating Auto Retail Scams (“CARS”) Trade Regulation Rule, issued last year by the Federal...more
On Thursday, August 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Arizona Attorney General announced a $2.6 million settlement to resolve claims that Coulter Motor Company used deceptive online advertising to lure...more
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of Arizona announced a joint action against Coulter Motor Company, an Arizona-based motor vehicle dealership, and its former general manager, for allegedly engaging...more
In this inaugural episode of Moving the Metal, Troutman Pepper attorneys Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso examine the major requirements of the FTC's proposed CARS Rule. After a refresher on the rule's requirements, Brooke and...more
On May 28, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its annual report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) detailing enforcement and educational activities undertaken in 2023. The report pertains to actions...more
On May 14, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) filed its brief in opposition to Petitioners’ Brief in the legal challenge to the Combating Auto Retail Scams Rule (“CARS Rule”). The petitioners are the National...more
Troutman Pepper attorneys Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso discuss the Federal Trade Commission's "Holder Rule" in the third of five special episodes devoted to auto finance issues. Although the Holder Rule has been around...more
Petitioners in the challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Combating Auto Retail Scams Rule (“CARS Rule”) filed their Petitioners’ Brief on March 15, 2004 in support of their petition for review, and a who’s who...more
In this insightful episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Partners Brooke Conkle and Alan Wingfield, as they delve into the topic of regulatory risk and litigation exposure for auto finance...more
Our special guest is Richard (“Rick”) Hackett, former Assistant CFPB Director responsible for auto finance regulation and presently a member of the Board of F&I Sentinel, which supports lender compliance in the auto finance...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to the auto finance industry. We think it's safe to say that the auto finance industry was top of mind to the CFPB. ...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a final rule that is squarely aimed at changing the way dealers interact with customers in the financing process. The final rule takes effect on July 30, 2024....more
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We all know that discrimination violates various federal and state laws, but the FTC has been insisting for a while now that it also violates Section 5. A recent joint complaint the agency brought with the State of Wisconsin...more