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CARLAW F&I Legal
Desk Book
ISBN: 0-9779501-1-9
December 2006
Hardcover
310 Pages
$49.95 plus
shipping & handling
Advance Praise
for CARLAW F&I Legal Desk Book
"This new book may be called a 'guide' but it's more likely a 'bible' for every dealer, F & I manager, and trainer in the country. A timely and invaluable reference that covers all legal and regulatory touch-points in a dealership's purchase transaction by a consumer. AFIP's endorsement confirms that the stable of authors know the 'rights' to follow and the 'wrongs' to avoid. It is on the recommended list by F&I Magazine."
Ed Bobit, Publisher
Bobit Business Media
"The F&I Legal Desk Book is the official course text for the AFIP Certification Program. Hudson Cook, LLP, is now the course authority for the applicable state and federal regulations. I can count on one hand the law firms in the United States who could have met our curriculum requirements. The F&I Legal Desk Book will dramatically reduce the time required for candidates to prepare for the 200-question final exam. Hudson Cook, LLP, has made a major contribution to AFIP's efforts to raise the bar for regulatory compliance and ethical conduct within the F&I trade."
David N. Robertson
Executive Director
Association of Insurance and Finance Professionals
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CARLAW ® F&I Legal
Desk Book
The Answer Book for Finance and Insurance Professionals
by Thomas B. Hudson and the Attorneys
of Hudson Cook, LLP
Purchase Online
Car dealers, boat dealers, RV dealers - all businesses that sell personal property on credit - are subject to a bewildering thicket of federal and state laws and regulations. Responsibility for compliance usually falls on the general manager of the dealership or the manager of the "finance and insurance", or "F&I" department. Sometimes the person responsible for sales and credit compliance has received some training dealing with these legal issues. But sometimes, the person shoved into the deep end of the pool as the compliance officer doesn't have a clue what he or she is responsible for, and doesn't know where to start.
CARLAW F&I Legal Desk Book: 342 Things to Know About Auto Dealer Finance provides a compliance roadmap for "green pea" and seasoned compliance officers alike. Each chapter addresses a topic of crucial interest to dealerships. The topics cover the compliance waterfront, and include:
- The Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z
- The Consumer Leasing Act and Regulation M
- The Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B
- The Fair Credit Reporting Act
- The Federal Trade Commission's Used Car Rule
- Federal Advertising Rules
- The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act
- Arbitration
- and more ...
Each chapter is authored by lawyers who deal with that chapter's subject every day and in detail. The authors present their information in an easy-to-follow, Q&A format, with as little "legalese" and as much useful and practical information as possible. The goal each time is to give the reader a solid, basic working knowledge of the topic covered.
For years, dealers have needed a source for comprehensive, no-nonsense information on the legal requirements they face. Now they have one that quickly will become their principal resource for credit compliance information: CARLAW F&I Legal Desk Book: 342 Things to Know About Auto Dealer Finance.
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Meet the Authors
Here are the 15 authors and editors who prepared 342 things you need to know about auto dealer finance. They are among the 39 attorneys at the law firm Hudson Cook, LLP, a firm with over 450 years' experience in consumer finance.
Emily Marlow Beck
A. James Chareq
Patricia E.M. Covington
Lisa C. DeLessio
Anne P. Fortney
Michael A. Goodman
Maya P. Hill
Thomas B. Hudson
Daniel J. Laudicina
Joseph D. Looney
Nicole Frush Munro
Timothy O. Naughton
L. Jean Noonan
Thomas R. Rucki
Alicia H. Tortarolo
Thomas B. Hudson has practiced consumer vehicle sales, finance, and leasing law since 1973. Mr. Hudson chairs the law firm of Hudson Cook, LLP. He is President of CounselorLibrary.com, LLC, and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of CARLAW, an Internet service that reports auto finance and lease legal developments. He has served as President of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, and Chair of the American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Committee's Personal Property Finance Subcommittee. He represents the National Automotive Finance Association, Reynolds & Reynolds, auto finance companies, major banks and independent finance companies, and many companies who supply services to the auto finance and leasing industry. He is a frequent writer and speaker on topics relating to vehicle finance and leasing. He is also author of the book CARLAW - A Southern attorney delivers humorous practical legal advice on car sales and financing!
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