NVLA Annual Meeting 2025 Soars To New Heights

Leasing

(As first seen in Leasing News and the NVLA LeaseWire) The National Vehicle Leasing Association held its 2025 Annual Meeting in Clearwater Beach, FL on April 9-10. It was a high energy meeting after the fall meeting was postponed due to Hurricane Milton. The meeting...

2024 Regulatory Roundup

Regulations

(As first published in nvla LeaseWire) Non-Compete Agreements As I reported earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a final rule on April 23, 2024, banning employers from entering into, enforcing or attempting to enforce most non-compete...

WOMEN IN LEASING PICKING UP STEAM

Leasing

The Annual Meeting this fall will mark our third Women in Leasing (WIL) roundtable. We will join together from 12noon to 1:30 p.m. on October 17, 2024. The roundtable is a lively event with a lot of energy particularly after having met virtually for an entire year...

Greedy Dealers Pound New York Auto Leasing Brokers

Leasing, Regulations

(As published in Leasing News on June 12, 2024) For the past six years I have represented the New York Automobile Leasing Brokers Association as an attorney and registered lobbyist in a fight to stave off the push by the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association...

NON-COMPETES ARE OUT THE WINDOW

Regulations

(As first published in nvla LeaseWire) Non-compete agreements have always been part of the tool kit for leasing and finance companies to deal with their employees, especially the sales team. To prevent the sales team from hopping to another business, quite often...

FTC CARS Rule

Regulations

(As first published in nvla LeaseWire) On January 4, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published the final rule known as the Combatting Auto Retail Scams Trade Regulation Rule (“CARS Rule”). The FTC’s authority is derived under the Dodd-Frank Act to make...

Update on Compliance Under The Small Business Data Collection Rule

Regulations

(As first published in nvla LeaseWire) As previously reported, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued the final Small Data Collection Rule promulgated under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act on March 30, 2023 (Rule 1071). Under this final rule,...

REGULATORY ROUNDUP 2023

Regulations

(As first published in nvla LeaseWire) The amount of regulation covering vehicle leasing and finance businesses is staggering, particularly if you operate in multiple states. You need to be aware of the distinction between commercial and consumer leasing with respect...

Women in Leasing Update

Lessors

(As first published in nvla LeaseWire) Our second annual in person Women in Leasing meeting was a fabulous, high-energy event in Austin, TX at the recent NVLA Annual Meeting. The group welcomed many newcomers, and everyone was very excited to be together, have an...

Women in Leasing Going Strong!!!

Leasing, Transportation Industry

(As first published in nvla LeaseWire) It has been a terrific year for NVLA’s Women in Leasing. After a high energy kickoff at the 2022 Annual Meeting in Tucson, we agreed to meet online and settled into a bi-monthly format. This past May we agreed to form a Women in...