The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has filed a lawsuit against a used-car dealership accused of selling used cars without disclosing prior damage and selling vehicles “as is” when they qualified for a warranty, among other things.
Read More →Bob Baker Lexus has reached a settlement with the family of four people killed in a car crash involving a loaner vehicle from the dealership.
Read More →Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has filed a complaint against a used-car dealer who allegedly had customers fill out blank contracts and then charged them at least twice the agreed-upon price for defective cars.
Read More →Two used-car dealerships and their owner reached a settlement this month with the Department of Justice and the state attorney general. The settlement resolves a lawsuit that alleged the dealerships charged African American buyers more for loans and repossessed vehicles without reasonable notice.
Read More →Condor Capital must pay an estimated $8 million in restitution to harmed customers, a $3 million penalty and admit violations of the Dodd-Frank Act and New York state law. The lender will also surrender its licenses in all states.
Read More →The Georgia Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a customer of Payless Auto Deals could proceed with his fraud claim against the dealership and one of its salespeople for selling him a damaged vehicle.
Read More →Sonic and Philpott Motors have filed a lawsuit against a former employee who left the dealership and hired seven other employees to come work for him.
Read More →The former O’Brien Auto Group employee alleges he was fired after he complained about his general manager’s racist remarks. He also claims he was not paid according to his contract.
Read More →
This month, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Yelp. The suit claimed the company extorts advertising dollars from businesses in exchange for good reviews, a practice the federal court said is not illegal.
Read More →This week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts upheld a lower court’s ruling that dealers did not have grounds to challenge Tesla Motors’ ability to sell vehicles in the state.
Read More →