July 29, 2015 — At a recent ACI Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation, Maurice Wutscher attorney Ralph Wutscher spoke about disparate impact claims in the auto lending industry during a session on “Student Loans and Auto Loans: Managing Enhanced Government Scrutiny and an Increase in Enforcement Actions, Assessing the Rise in Disparate Impact Claims and Allegations of Fair Lending Violations, and Defending Against Private Litigation.”
In his presentation, Mr. Wutscher examined the CFPB’s and DOJ’s enhanced scrutiny of the auto lending industry, trends in auto lending litigation and settlements, the rise in disparate impact claims in auto finance, and how to avoid and defend against auto lending claims.