Car Dealer Lawyer

After the earlier reports that GMAC had pulled Bill Heard’s floorplan financing, it was not a huge surprise to learn that his stores closed their doors yesterday.  But watching interviews of some of his technicians on the news last night brought home the reality of 2700 people suddenly losing their jobs.  Looking at those technicians [...]

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The Automotive News reported today that more than 50 dealerships in Missouri have been sued for charging doc fees.  The theory of the case is that the collection of doc fees constitutes the illegal practice of law.  The suits, which could take years to decide, could result in refunds of doc fees for up to [...]

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The general manager of Carl Gregory Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Hyundai of Albany, Georgia was arrested on charges that he stole up to $9000 from customers.  The sheriff’s office claim that general manager, Joseph Martin, and “top salesman,” Mark “Bo” Kennedy, worked together to steal money from customers. Allegedly, the pair revised customers’ paperwork in order to scoop [...]

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The United State Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed a novel issue for the circuit courts in Boschetto v. Hansing, No. 06-16595 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2008).  That is, “[d]oes the sale of an item via the eBay Internet auction site provide sufficient “minimum contacts” to support personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant [...]

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