Legal FileU.S. lawsuit accuses vehicle shipping companies of price fixing 11:09 am U.S. ET | May 30, 2013  Several major import-vehicle shippers, which together are said to command 70 percent of the global car-shipping market, face allegations of price fixing in a civil lawsuit filed federal court.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Dealership group ordered to pay off trade-ins on time 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013 A Pacific Northwest auto dealership group and its principal have been ordered to pay off vehicles traded in at four of its stores in a timely manner after being sued by the state of Washington.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Toyota store must defend airbag suit 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 22, 2013 A Toyota dealership that routinely serviced a 1995 Corolla for the original owner must defend a failure-to-warn airbag deployment suit brought by an injured plaintiff who bought the car used, a split Louisiana Court of Appeal panel has ruled.... Read More »
LEGAL BRIEFS Ex-GM dealer fights fraud conviction 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 15, 2013 A former Florida auto dealer is appealing a federal judge's refusal to overturn his fraud and conspiracy conviction and 135-month prison sentence for engineering a floorplanning scam.... Read More »
Toyota store must pay crash victims $16 million 12:01 am U.S. ET | April 1, 2013 A Philadelphia jury has ordered a local Toyota dealership to pay six crash victims $15.7 million for its negligent maintenance and repair of the 2006 Toyota Sienna rental in which they were riding.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Nissan store asks judge to rethink arbitration order 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 25, 2013 A Florida dealership that sued Nissan North America over remodeling funds must arbitrate the dispute, a federal judge ruled last month. Now the store wants the judge to reconsider.... Read More »
VW agrees to settle Audi CVT class-action case in U.S. court 1:02 pm U.S. ET | March 21, 2013  A federal judge has granted preliminary approval for the settlement of a class-action suit against Volkswagen Group of America over alleged defects with continuously variable transmissions in about 64,000 2002-06 Audi A4 and A6 models.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Appeals panel OKs arbitration in buyer's tiff with store 12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 25, 2013 A California Court of Appeal panel has ordered the buyer of a 2006 Toyota Sequoia to arbitrate her dispute with the dealership that sold the vehicle. The panel rejected arguments brought by Andrea Naasz that the arbitration provision in her standard sales contract is unconscionable and unenforceable.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Bergstrom resolves clash with Chrysler over Fiat points in Wis. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 28, 2013 Bergstrom Corp., Wisconsin's largest auto retailer, has settled its dispute with Chrysler Group over allocation of Fiat points in the state after its lawsuit against the automaker failed.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Court: Ford store owes Edge buyer damages 12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013 A Ford store in Baton Rouge, La., has lost its bid to overturn a $34,702 damage award to purchasers of a 2008 Edge demo who were not told that the vehicle had been seriously damaged in an accident while being driven by a dealership employee.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Court: Honda dealer lacked basis to protest new point 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 24, 2012 WMW Inc.'s Honda Carland in Roswell, Ga., argued that since the new point was within eight miles of its service-only operation in Alpharetta, Ga., the new point infringed on its relevant market area. But the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that that wasn't a good-enough basis for a protest.... Read More »
LEGAL BRIEFS Former dealer in Minnesota gets prison for bad checks 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 17, 2012 A former suburban Minneapolis dealer was sentenced to 45 months in prison after pleading guilty to three charges of theft by swindle.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Ally ordered to pay dealer sanctions for lawsuit 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 26, 2012 A federal judge in Pennsylvania has lambasted lawyers for Ally Financial, who "knew the utter falsity" of allegations made by Ally in its bid to collect $1.1 million from a former dealer and his closed dealerships.... Read More »
LEGAL BRIEFS Ex-dealer likely to plead guilty to lender fraud 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 19, 2012 A former car dealer in Grand Rapids, Minn., is expected to plead guilty to defrauding her floorplan lender of $1.5 million by exaggerating the cost of vehicles brought into inventory at her Ford store, federal court records show.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Court: Wash. franchise law is for dealers only 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 29, 2012 Washington state's franchise law doesn't cover prospective purchasers of dealerships, an appeals panel has ruled in a suit accusing Nissan North America Inc. of wrongfully refusing to approve a franchise transfer.... Read More »
LEGAL BRIEFS Hawaii dealer pleads guilty to federal tax evasion 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 1, 2012 A Honolulu dealer faces up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion.... Read More »
LEGAL BRIEFS Ex-store president faces prison 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 1, 2012 The president of a closed Ford dealership in Whitehall, Wis., is scheduled to appear in federal court Oct. 18 to plead guilty to defrauding his store's floorplan lender.... Read More »
LEGAL BRIEF Former dealer principal indicted 12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 1, 2012 The former dealer principal of a Nissan store in Elizabeth City, N.C., faces a November arraignment on wire fraud and money laundering charges of submitting “substantial false and misleading information relating to vehicles under floor plans” to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Lender's mistake lets store founder off the hook 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 24, 2012 A Wisconsin bank can't collect on a dealership co-founder's $3 million personal guaranty even though the dealership defaulted on floorplan and real estate loans, a Wisconsin Court of Appeals panel has ruled.... Read More »
LEGAL BRIEFS Former retailer sentenced for defrauding Ford Credit 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 10, 2012 A former New Jersey car dealer received a three-year prison term for defrauding Ford Motor Credit Co. through false financial statements intended to cover up his failure to pay more than $11 million on 380 vehicle sales.... Read More »
LEGAL BRIEFS Ex-Ford dealer falsified financials to stay afloat 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 10, 2012 A former Illinois car dealer has begun a 42-month federal prison sentence for fraud and money laundering. Thomas McClain also must pay Ford Motor Credit Co. and a local bank more than $6.8 million for their losses on operating and floorplan loans.... Read More »
LEGAL BRIEFS Ex-comptroller's choice: Repayment or prison 12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 10, 2012 If the former comptroller of a New York auto dealership pays more than $200,000 in restitution before her sentencing this week she will get probation rather than jail time, the Rockland County, N.Y., district attorney's office said.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Court backs jury: No ill intent in Ala. dealership's use of rival store's name 12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 27, 2012 A Florida Toyota dealership has lost another round in its bitter legal battles with an Alabama rival after a federal appeals court upheld a jury verdict in favor of the rival in their dispute about Internet sites. A panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld the jury's finding that Eastern Shore Toyota in Daphne, Ala., while in violation of federal anti-cybersquatting law, had not acted in bad faith.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Did Carfax defame Experian to retain business? Judge tosses some claims 12:01 am U.S. ET | July 30, 2012 The high-stakes battle between Experian Information Solutions Inc. and Carfax Inc. for market share in the vehicle-history report arena has spilled over into a Chicago courthouse.... Read More »
LEGAL FILE Missouri dealership can pursue Ferrari lawsuit 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 25, 2012 A high-end St. Louis dealership that's accusing Ferrari North America of reneging on a promised franchise will be able to pursue most of its claims. But the federal judge who allowed the case to go forward dismissed allegations that Ferrari violated Missouri's dealer law because the dealership never had a written franchise agreement.... Read More »
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