“The Convicted Distracted Driver is sitting in a study carrel in the Cal State Fresno library, which, come to think of it, looks a little like a prison visiting room.
“I don’t relish that title,” said Steven Spriggs. ‘But that’s what I am.’
His crime: looking at his iPhone’s map application while …
CarFax, the provider of vehicle history reports, has been sued by a group of auto dealers for anticompetitive practices.
“Leonard Bellavia, the attorney leading the case, has been looking at Carfax’s practices for the past six months as a growing number of his dealer clients questioned the quality of Carfax’s reports.”
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Automotive News, a magazine that caters to dealers, explains different types of forgery.
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Forgery can exist on any document. There are people who think forging a contract is the only forbidden act. Any other document, that’s “kind of OK” in a lot of people’s opinion. But it can be forgery on …
The appellate division of a California Superior Court has decided that the Vehicle Code section outlawing use of a cell phone without a handsfree device also outlaws use of the phone for virtually anything else.
“Our review of the statute?s plain language leads us to conclude that the primary evil sought …
The Fed has contributed to the explosion of sub-prime lending due to their activities.
Sub-prime lending encompasses “customers with an average credit score of 556 and average annual income of $38,393, according to the pitch book. These borrowers pay an average interest rate of 21.4 percent a year. (Median U.S. household …
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has told at least four banks that it may sue them over vehicle loans and interest-rate markups by auto dealers that appear discriminatory, according to three people briefed on the matter.
At least four banks received letters from the CFPB last week giving them 15 …
The FTC’s proposed Buyer’s Guide rule is not pro-consumer.
A move by the Federal Trade Commission to modify its buyers’ guide for used cars is being panned by consumer groups, who say the current guide is ineffective and proposed changes are even worse.
The FTC guide gives consumers critical information about who …
The Auto Fraud Legal Center brought a number of suits against Classic Chariots on behalf of servicemembers who were taken advantage of. In addition to favorably resolving the cases, The Auto Fraud Legal Center alerted the Marine Corps directly. Thanks in part to the AFLC’s efforts, MCCS chose not to …
Read moreAFLC Attorney Angela Smith was quoted in Automotive News, an industry news magazine, in an article concerning an appeal that was recently decided in our client’s favor.
“A California dealership cannot force a customer to arbitrate his individual and class-action allegations of illegal fee collection and other claims, a state appellate …
According to an annual Gallup poll, car dealers once again win the race to the bottom with the lowest honesty rating amonst a variety of professions in the United States. Over the past 36 years of the poll, car dealers have consistently bottomed out the list, with the exception of …
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