The Continuing Threat to Dealers

Discrimination enforcement is real and should be prevented with sound protocol.

EEOC Hits Dealer With Gender Discrimination Suit

Champion Chevrolet of Reno, Nev., has been sued by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit follows a complaint filed by a female salesperson who says she was bullied out of a job.

EEOC Files Sex Bias Suit Against Ferman’s Tampa Harley-Davidson

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Ferman Automotive Group and Cigar City Motors, which operates Tampa Harley-Davidson and other car and motorcycle dealerships there, for discriminating against a female employee. In its lawsuit filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, ... Read More »

Five Trade Groups Urge CFPB to Fix ‘Flaws’ in Fair Lending Enforcement

WASHINGTON — Five trade groups representing the nation’s largest auto finance sources issued a letter yesterday to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Richard Cordray, urging the director to review and respond publicly to a study that questions the bureau’s methodology for measuring disparities in dealer reserve. The letter, which even lists out three areas the ... Read More »

New Comprehensive Study of Loan Records Refutes CFPB Position on Auto Lending

WASHINGTON – A new comprehensive study of more than 8.2 million loan records by Charles River Associates concludes that the method used by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to measure for discrimination in an auto lender’s portfolio is “conceptually flawed in its application and subject to significant bias and estimation error,” reported the NADA. ... Read More »

CFPB to Release White Paper on Proxy Methodology