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The New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers (NJ CAR) is pleased to announce Magdalena Padilla has joined the organization as Director of Government Affairs.  Ms. Padilla is an attorney and advocate with diverse government and regulatory expertise in emergency management, compliance, environmental,...

New Jersey started its COVID-19 vaccination program with the rollout of a Statewide Vaccine Scheduling System. This was aimed to be systematic way to provide a phased approach to vaccinations by categorizing and prioritizing individuals based on occupational and health risks. Individuals would answer a few questions and...

The Assembly unanimously approved a bill (A5033) on January 11 that authorizes the online sales of motor vehicles by allowing dealers to obtain electronic signatures on documents required to complete such transactions.  The bill, if passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Murphy, would formally allow motor vehicle...

The Small Business Administration has just reopened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), making $284 billion available to new borrowers, as well as certain businesses that had previously received a PPP loan from the initial PPP allocation. The new funding was part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small...

New Jersey recently opened an online portal (https://covidvaccine.nj.gov/) to allow people to pre-register to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and announced a preliminary vaccination schedule. The portal asks individuals to enter some personal information, answer a few questions and select a job category from a list. The information provided...

In January 2020, the CFPB Director appointed a Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law to study and make recommendations on ways to improve consumer protections.  Earlier this week, the Taskforce issued its comprehensive report that contains a laundry list of recommendations to protect consumers, including several submitted by the...