In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso break down a recent DOJ/U.S. Attorney’s Office settlement with a lease-here, pay-here dealership over violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). They discuss the two provisions at the heart of the case, repossession protections and lease
In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso break down a recent DOJ/U.S. Attorney’s Office settlement with a lease-here, pay-here dealership over violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). They discuss the two provisions at the heart of the case, repossession protections and lease
In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso break down a recent DOJ/U.S. Attorney’s Office settlement with a lease-here, pay-here dealership over violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). They discuss the two provisions at the heart of the case, repossession protections and lease
In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso break down a recent $4 million settlement between the FTC and the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office against an auto dealership accused of deceptive pricing, unauthorized add-on charges, and phantom vehicle certifications. They discuss the significance of naming
In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso break down California’s CARS Act, set to take effect October 1. They trace the law’s roots back to the FTC’s now-overturned CARS Rule, walk through its four core compliance pillars (misrepresentations, total price disclosures, valueless add-ons, and
In this crossover edition of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast and The Consumer Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle, Chris Capurso, and Chris Willis break down the FTC’s policy statement abandoning disparate impact enforcement under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Section 5 of the FTC Act. The group traces the
In this episode of Moving the Metal, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso break down the FTC’s landmark policy statement officially abandoning disparate impact enforcement and what it means for dealers and auto finance companies. They cover the agency’s two core justifications — statutory authority under Section 5 of the FTC Act and ECOA, and
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In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso break down a recent New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) enforcement action against a Bronx dealership, covering the violations that led to nearly $130,000 in civil penalties and consumer restitution, the compliance and
In this mid-year roundup episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso recap the biggest developments shaping the auto finance industry in the first half of 2026, including the FTC’s widely unexpected “Notorious 97” warning letters to nearly 100 dealers, a wave of state-level UDAP enforcement actions, Senator