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On Thursday, December 19, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Illinois Attorney General announced a massive $20 million settlement with Leader Automotive Group, the operator of 10 dealerships in [...]

The Automotive Right to Repair Working Group convened by the Maine Attorney General will review proposed legislation that would substantially amend provisions of the Maine Right to Repair Law concerning [...]

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ('FTC') released a staff report examining the duration of software support commitments by manufacturers of 184 connected devices, ranging from 'smart' [...]

On November 12, 2024, the final rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) amending premerger notification requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Act was published in the Federal Register. [...]

The administrative challenge brought by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and another trade association against the Combating Auto Retail Scams ('CARS') Trade Regulation Rule, issued last year by the [...]

On Thursday, August 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Arizona Attorney General announced a $2.6 million settlement to resolve claims that Coulter Motor Company used deceptive online advertising [...]

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently joined a majority of other courts in holding that the Graves Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 30106 - which generally protects rental car companies [...]

Newly-elected Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell gave notice this week that effective June 1, 2023 her office intends to begin enforcing amendments to the state's Right to Repair Law. The [...]

This post was originally published on Seyfarth's Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill blog. A recent motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement filed in federal court in Georgia will [...]

On February 3, 2023, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it was withdrawing three 'outdated' antitrust enforcement policy statements related to healthcare markets. 'After [...]

In a January 11, 2023 op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, President Joe Biden urged 'Democrats and Republicans to come together to pass strong bipartisan legislation to hold Big [...]

On October 18, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement resolving allegations that Passport Automotive Group, a Maryland-based automobile dealer group, packed junk fees into the cost of [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received dozens of submissions from dealer trade associations, other industry participants, and members of Congress opposing the FTC's proposed rules for dealers in connection with [...]

Two procedural orders issued on September 14, 2022 by the Massachusetts federal court in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healy suggest that a public decision in that case is unlikely [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on August 23, 2022 announced that it has decided by a vote of 5-0 to decline requests to extend the public comment period for proposed [...]

On June 23, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has initiated the process to adopt regulations for dealers in connection with the advertising and sale of new [...]

With over-the-air (OTA) updates for motor vehicles becoming increasingly prevalent in the United States, consumers will be able to receive and install updates to vehicle firmware and software. Some updates [...]

April Fool's Day this year was no joke for a prominent dealer ownership group with locations in the Midwest and Southeast United States. On Friday, April 1, 2022, the Federal [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the indictment by a grand jury charging four owners/managers of home health care agencies in Maine with participating in a conspiracy to [...]

With inflation on the rise and COVID restrictions receding but not yet gone, manufacturers and retailers alike should take care not to get caught in a regulatory squeeze with respect [...]

On Friday, January 14, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation filed dueling briefs in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healey, a case pending in Massachusetts [...]

The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation quietly filed a stipulation the day after Thanksgiving in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healy, a lawsuit challenging recent [...]

On Thursday, October 28, a Boston federal judge agreed to reopen evidence in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healy, a lawsuit challenging recent amendments to the Massachusetts Right to Repair [...]

A federal court in Georgia recently denied a motion to dismiss filed by an auto manufacturer seeking to avoid a putative class action lawsuit filed by an owner who claimed [...]

A Boston federal court heard the final round of closing arguments on Wednesday, July 21 in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healy, a lawsuit challenging recent amendments to the Massachusetts [...]

Massachusetts federal district court judge Douglas Woodlock did not mince words during an hour-long hearing on Thursday, December 3, urging lawyers for the Alliance for Automotive Innovation and Massachusetts Attorney [...]

With the effective date looming for changes to Massachusetts law that will require automobile manufacturers to make significant changes to telematics systems, a trade association representing OEMs on Tuesday, December [...]

Overshadowed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tesla in early March quietly racked up another win that will allow it to continue the direct sale of new motor vehicles [...]

The two leading Dealer Management System ('DMS') providers in the United States-CDK Global, LLC ('CDK') and The Reynolds & Reynolds Company ('Reynolds')-have filed suit in federal court in Arizona seeking [...]

The National Association of Motor Vehicle Boards and Commissions ('NAMVBC') held its annual fall workshop from September 19-21, 2019 in Sacramento, California. The three day workshop featured panel discussions about [...]

Byline: Beth I.Z. Boland and Brandon L. Bigelow After seven years in existence, the Business Litigation Session of the Superior Court enters a transition year in 2008 with the retirement [...]

Byline: Beth I.Z. Boland and Brandon L. Bigelow Now entering its seventh year, the Business Litigation Session has become an established feature of the Massachusetts legal landscape. During 2006, BLS [...]