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What was supposed to be a 'lucrative government contract' for a Caldwell, Texas, dealership to customize vehicles became a multimillion-dollar problem when the prime contractor in the arrangement allegedly failed [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A former biller has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against a Delray Beach, Fla., dealership claiming the store fired him in retaliation for reporting a co-worker allegedly forged [...]

A veteran salesman who was wrongfully terminated at age 62 after more than 30 years at a Bellevue, Wash., luxury dealership is entitled to the full multimillion-dollar award from an [...]

Byline: Jack Walsworth The National Automobile Dealers Association and state dealer associations across the country plan to leave no stone unturned as they push back against Scout Motors' decision to [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman Ford Motor Co. and the dealership that serviced a 2020 F-250 Super Duty can't force the pickup's owners to arbitrate their lemon law claim because the automaker [...]

A federal judge in Illinois has refused to dismiss a fraud claim by Automobili Lamborghini America against a Chicago dealership, its president and an employee for allegedly selling dozens of [...]

A Florence, Ala., dealership has filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Motors North America, saying the company failed to approve its requested steep hike in its hourly reimbursement rate for warranty [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A former finance manager took hefty kickbacks from a vendor of extended warranty contracts, according to lawsuit filed by a New York City dealership alleging fraud and [...]

Byline: Georgia Hall The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Garden City Jeep-Chrysler-Dodge-Ram in Hempstead, N.Y., and owner VIP Automotive Group of Long Island, alleging they created a hostile [...]

The Mississippi Court of Appeals has reinstated a negligence suit by a service customer who fell into a hole while walking his dog on the grass alongside a Toyota store's [...]

Byline: Jack Walsworth Volkswagen and Audi dealers in Illinois are fighting back against Volkswagen Group of America after the automaker said it has changed how it charges retailers for warranty [...]

The Arkansas Court of Appeals has upheld a 20-year prison term for a customer who became combative when a Nissan store refused to fix his recalled car for free. In [...]

Byline: John Huetter Though Federal Trade Commission accusations are often settled, it's not unheard of for a company to fight back against the agency, like Asbury Automotive Group Inc. vowed [...]

Byline: Georgia Hall Six Rhode Island car dealerships have settled with the state attorney general over allegations of deceptive sales practices. The dealerships -- Flood Ford of East Greenwich, Flood [...]

An Audi New Orleans employee stopped a potentially armed man from allegedly stealing a vehicle during a test drive. Reginald Vaughn, 39, posed as a customer interested in purchasing a [...]

Byline: Georgia Hall A DARCARS Honda dealership in Bowie, Md., allegedly engaged in 'unfair or deceptive trade practices at nearly every stage' of new-vehicle sales, according to civil charges filed [...]

Byline: John Huetter Asbury Automotive Group Inc. is suing its dealer management system provider CDK Global and seeking an injunction compelling the release of four dealerships' data for Asbury's pilot [...]

A top conspirator in a massive fraud and money laundering scheme has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $3.5 million in restitution for his role [...]

Byline: Carly Schaffner At a time when Hyundai Motor America is posting gains in its U.S. sales of electric vehicles, five Napleton Automotive Group dealerships in Illinois have filed a [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman Kia America has accused a New England dealer, five of his former dealerships, one current dealership, and the group's COO of racketeering, fraud and related wrongdoing for [...]

A customer has accused a South Carolina dealership group of fraud, negligence, breach of contract and a consumer protection law violation for failing to disclose the used 2018 Mercedes-Benz E300 [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A federal appeals court has upheld General Motors' right to terminate a Cherry Hill, N.J., Chevrolet dealership based on hundreds of allegedly bogus and questionable warranty repair [...]

Two technicians at a Connecticut dealership are accused of damaging a service customer's 'dream car' with a joyride that involved one teaching the other how to work a manual transmission. [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a wage and hour lawsuit against Nissan North America by service technicians in Florida, ruling the automaker isn't a [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A former service adviser has sued a Comanche, Texas, General Motors dealership, alleging that the store violated federal labor law and retaliated after she asked why her [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A New York dealership is suing a former technician, accusing him of fraud, computer fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract stemming from an alleged [...]

A lawsuit accuses a Kia dealership in suburban Chicago of discriminating against a woman by having her arrested on suspicion of fraud when she tried to buy a vehicle with [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A customer whose car was repossessed has sued a Wallingford, Conn., dealership for allegedly falsifying his income and expenses to qualify him for a loan he could [...]

A Tesla store in Colorado has racked up more than $34,000 in unpaid tolls, according to a lawsuit filed against the electric vehicle maker. Northwest Parkway LLC, a private group [...]

Byline: John Huetter A New York judge last week blocked Ford Motor Co. and Lincoln from imposing facility and business requirements on five dealerships to sell electric vehicles until the [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman The Appellate Court of Connecticut has declined to reinstate a gender and pregnancy discrimination suit by a service adviser who was fired by a Simsbury dealership for [...]

Mercedes-Benz has prevailed over dealers in Australia who wanted compensation for being forced to adopt a no-haggle 'agency' business model for new-vehicle sales. A judge dismissed a $420 million lawsuit [...]

A dozen current and former employees of a Nissan dealership in North Carolina face more than 400 criminal charges after a monthslong investigation by the state's motor vehicle bureau. The [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman A federal judge in Louisiana has dismissed an Americans with Disabilities Act claim by a service customer with a prosthetic leg who allegedly slipped on an oily [...]

Byline: Mark Hollmer A federal judge allowed a proposed class-action lawsuit to proceed against CDK Global alleging the dealership management system giant colluded with a rival to reduce competition and [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez A hearing officer in South Dakota last month ruled Ford Motor Co.'s electric vehicle certification program for dealers does not violate state franchise law, the first such [...]

Byline: Carly Schaffner A federal judge in Florida ruled that Hyundai Motor America was within its rights to terminate two Napleton Automotive Group dealerships. Hyundai served the dealerships notices of [...]

Singer Adam Levine claims the 1971 Maserati that he got from a prominent classic car broker is a fake. Levine, the frontman for pop rock band Maroon 5, has filed [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman After nearly a decade of litigation concerning rival San Antonio dealerships, the Texas Court of Appeals has ruled that Hyundai Motor America didn't unreasonably discriminate in awarding [...]

An office manager must pay back more than $47,000 to an Ohio dealership after she was sentenced for tampering with the dealership's records. Nicole Bradley, 44, was sentenced Oct. 13 [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman An Arizona dealership group claims that a raid by the state attorney general's office that focused on vehicles imported from Mexico shut its stores and caused 'substantial [...]

Byline: John Huetter Incomplete finance and insurance paperwork almost cost a Stellantis dealership and an auto lender the ability to have a customer's complaint arbitrated instead of going to court, [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman Customer sues after bench in waiting area allegedly overturns A service customer who was seriously hurt when a waiting area bench allegedly 'flipped like a seesaw' is [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman Dealership not liable in accident involving loaner, court rules A North Carolina dealership can't be held liable for an accident involving a service customer who was driving [...]

After crashing into a freeway wall, an Indiana man tried to get rid of the evidence by driving his damaged SUV straight to a nearby dealership and asking the store [...]

Byline: John Huetter The $10 million Federal Trade Commission settlement involving Napleton Automotive Group suggests regulator scrutiny of dealership margins has expanded from interest rates to finance and insurance products. [...]

A Jaguar-Land Rover dealership is suing a Rhode Island man it says is wasting its time and resources by filing fake liens against its inventory that amount to 'paper terrorism.' [...]

Not only are the allegations of racial discrimination and illegal fees leveled against Napleton Automotive Group, one of the largest auto retailers in the U.S., disturbing -- especially in an [...]

Byline: Eric Freedman Ex-fixed ops boss says he was fired for reporting harassment A former fixed operations director has accused a Maryland dealership of illegally terminating him in retaliation for [...]

Byline: Melissa Burden Napleton Automotive Group, one of the largest U.S. dealership groups, will pay a record $10 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission auto lending case for allegedly [...]