Our partners from Hudson Cook stopped by The Smart Compliance Blog to keep us up to date on the latest interpretation and impacts of the TCPA. Here’s what they had to say… “Direct drop” voicemail services can deliver a prerecorded message to a consumer’s voicemail without calling the consumer’s phone number. For years, companies have […]
This summer, expect more ICE, not less. That’s “ICE” as in Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security agency formed in 2002 to enforce federal immigration, trade, and border control laws. Under the Trump administration, ICE has significantly expanded in terms of scope and authority: the numbers of investigations, arrests, and deportations related […]
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protects active military from disclosures, high interest rates, and more. Learn why SCRA compliance can get complex for lenders. The brave people who enlist in the United States military make immense and sometimes grave sacrifices for their country. But they get to enjoy a few perks, too. Case in point: the […]
Our partners from Hudson Cook stopped by The Smart Compliance Blog to talk about texting and the TCPA. Here’s what they had to say… The Telephone Consumer Protection Act has the power to ruin whatever it touches, even something as beloved as ice cream. Its consent requirements are divorced from reality, and its penalty structure […]
Throughout this 7-part series, we’ve looked at more than 30 federal rules and regulations across an automotive dealership’s departments. What we’ve learned is that running a dealership takes knowledge beyond the latest models and specs. Every successful automotive dealership is comprised of professionals with expertise not only in sales and service, but workforce compliance.
Our partners at Hudson Cook had a recent case involving a dealer that illustrates how an identity theft claim can ensnare a dealer. Tom Hudson and Eric Johnson stopped by the Smart Compliance Blog to give us an overview of what the situation was. Many dealers are surprised to learn that because they finance and lease […]
What are your binders really binding you to? You may already know that a compliance program contained in dusty binders is about as effective as no compliance program at all. But according to Michael Semanie, an attorney with Killgore, Pearlman, Stamp, Denius & Squires, P.A, that old-fashioned method of managing and tracking compliance is not […]
Collect your own debts? Technically, you might not be a debt collector. That’s according to the United States Supreme Court. In a unanimous decision last month, the Court ruled that a finance company seeking to collect debts for its own account may not fall under the category of “debt collector” as outlined in the Fair Debt […]
Tom Hudson of Hudson Cook stopped by this week to discuss how your dealership advertising may be in violation of the FTC and Regulation Z. Here’s what he had to say:
A gallon of gas, a gallon of milk, your mortgage, the size of a Toblerone: virtually everything we pay for is affected by inflation—including regulatory fines. That’s right: in case you missed it, both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Federal Trade Commission have raised their maximum penalties, and F&I personnel at your […]
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