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Articlesby Tom HudsonJune 2, 2008

Who Is Watching Your Internet Sales Transactions

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - We’ve been warning for the last several years that the AGs are taking an increasingly active interest in car dealership advertising practices, and the advertising practices they are interested in include Internet activities...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonApril 22, 2008

What Do Your Mailers Say? The Never-Ending Entertainment Of Direct Mail

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - If the customers who buy during an [employee pricing event] pay more than the dealership's employees, the dealership's mail become Exhibit 1 in an "unfair and deceptive acts and practices" lawsuit by a customer.

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Articlesby Tom HudsonMarch 14, 2008

What’s Your Dumpster Worth? The Cost of Mishandling Personal Information

Tom Hudson - The FTC's Disposal Rule requires companies to dispose of credit reports and information from credit reports in a safe and appropriate manner...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonMarch 3, 2008

Pay Now or Pay Later

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - A company was interested in buying a substantial part of a Georgia dealer’s BHPH portfolio of retail installment sales contracts. My contact wanted me to look over a few deal files and tell him if the documentation looked good.

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Articlesby Tom HudsonJanuary 19, 2008

Public Citizens Arbitration: Report Misses The Mark

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The foundation of the report is Public Citizen’s claim, based on its study of nearly 34,000 collection cases, arbitrators found in favor of businesses in 94 percent of the arbitration proceedings...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonDecember 20, 2007

Interstate + Internet = Trouble

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - When the dealer and the buyer are in different states, a lot of different things are happening. The business models we have seen range from the safest to the more dangerous, from a legal standpoint...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonNovember 29, 2007

Punitive Damages: How Much is Too Much?

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The Texas Supreme Court found that Gullo Motors’ fraudulent actions merited exemplary (punitive) damages, but that the $125,000 remittitur exceeded the constitutional limits on exemplary damages...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonOctober 30, 2007

Unfair And Deceptive Practices: Entertainment For Everyone But The Dealer

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - You will recall that the most potent weapon that plaintiffs’ lawyers can bring to bear is a state “unfair and deceptive acts or practices,” or “UDAP”, law. Nearly every state has such a law, and Maryland, my home state, is...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonSeptember 21, 2007

Pick Your Legal Battles Wisely: Sometimes It Doesn't Pay to Fight

Thomas B. Husdon, Esq. - The estimated cost to disassemble the engine was $1,500. Van Eman believed that C.A.R.S. had no intention of honoring the limited warranty and would continue to demand additional tear down and diagnosis until...

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Articlesby Tom HudsonJuly 27, 2007

"Yo-Yo" Deals In Finance: I Don't Think So

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The relative rarity of these transactions doesn’t faze the NCLC, or, for that matter, the press. They know a good, catchy (and loaded) headline phrase when they hear one. So, they call every conditional delivery transaction...

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