Library

LIBRARY

This library consists of various court cases and other developments in the automobile dealer world.  It is our selection from time to time of  items of interest.

California Court of Appeal Rules That Backdating a Re-written Vehicle Purchase Contract Is Illegal

California Attorney General Opinion on Single Document Rule Allowing Pages To Be Attached To Contract

California Court of Appeal Rules That Rejected Buyer of Dealership Has No Standing To Sue Factory Under Vehicle Code Section

California Law Trumps EPA Advertising Rules in Some Circumstances

California CRLA Does Not Override the Vehicle Code on Rules for Vehicle Damage Disclosure

Smog Check Program

Court Allows Class Action against Dealer over Negative Equity Disclosures (Lewis vs. Robinson Ford)

Post-Repossession Notice Must State Exact Amount Necessary to Reinstate (Juarez vs. Arcadia Financial)

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules on Taxation of Extended Warranty Agreements

IRS Automobile Dealership Audit Manual

FTC Guidelines on Internet Advertising

California Supreme Court Advertising Case on Mistaken Newspaper Advertisement

California Attorney General Opinion regarding Lojack as a Theft Deterrent Device Requiring Pre-Contract Disclosure As Such

Arizona Case re Dealer Protection Statute

Court Allows Discovery of Dealer’s Customer List

Picking Up Lease Vehicle May Require Repossessor License

Court of Appeal Opens Door for Oral Statements To Prove Claims Inconsistent with Written Lease Agreement

Auto Dealership’s Arbitration Clause Upheld in Employment Dispute.

Silence Violates Leasing Act’s Single Document Rule

License Revoked–Dealer Lets Someone  Else Use Name, Books, and Records

California Supreme Court Case on Punitive Damages When Insurance Company Refuses to Settle

California Supreme Court Case on Sales Below Cost

Franchise Agreement Is Not Employment Agreement (Adcock vs.Chrysler)

Do You Have The Insurance Coverage You Think You Have (Downey Venture v. LMI)

Mercedes-Benz Floor Mat Case (Lloyd Design v. Mercedes-Benz)

California Supreme Court Ruling on Repossession Notices and Sales (Bank of America vs. Lallana)

IRS Gives Relief to Taxpayers With Sub-Prime Contracts

A Plain English Guide to Antitrust Laws

IRS Ruling on Deductibility of Underground Storage Tank Expenses

DMV Occupational and Disciplinary Guidelines

Employee’s Use of Demo Cars Taxable (I.R.S. Private Letter Ruling)

FTC Letter to Texas Automobile Dealers regarding credit reports

California Unclaimed Property Law

No LIFO Recapture on Inventory Transferred to Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiary (I.R.S. Private Letter Ruling)

Lemon Law Case Allowing Seller to Recover Costs (Murillo v. Fleetwood)

Court Case regarding Signing Corporate Contracts (Snukal vs. Flightways Manufacturing)

Finance Charges Recoverable in Lemon Law Cases