Articles for Legal & Accounting Experts

Who Are The Cops?

Friday, August 25, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - ... who the car dealership sales, credit and lease cops are and what laws they enforce...

News Flash - There's No Crime in Ohio
GMAC Shafted by Ohio Attorney General

Friday, August 25, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - Ohio Attorney General just sued GMAC after GMAC reported to the AG that a dealer had defrauded it in connection with the dealer’s sale of leased cars...

Failure To Disclose Damage Costs Dealer A Bundle

Friday, August 25, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - You have a truck in inventory that you know has been damaged and repaired to an extent requiring you to tell any potential buyer ...

Dealer Credit Insurance Practices Withstand Class Action Challenge

Friday, August 25, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - Many dealers have formed separate insurance companies to permit them to earn commissions on the sale of credit insurance and other products...

Why Look For Hard Answers When There Are Easy Ones?

Friday, August 25, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - ... federal laws sometimes carve out businesses and commercial transactions as exempt, as do some state laws...

Insurance? What Insurance?

Friday, August 25, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - Under the policy, Service Lloyd’s agreed to defend Wink in any lawsuit alleging violations of any federal, state or local truth-in-lending law...

"Long Arm" Laws and Internet Sales

Friday, August 25, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - When you sell cars over the Internet without limitation as to who can buy those cars, be prepared to show up in court in any state in the country...

You Don't Need a Compliance Program

Friday, August 25, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The place that every good dealership compliance program has to start is in decent, ethical treatment of the dealership’s customers...

Eliminating Your Accounting Department

Friday, August 25, 2006
Jeff Smelley - Outsourcing entails hiring companies that will provide a service you require, better and more economically than you could provide it for yourself...

The "Consumer Wins" Argument For Starter Interrupt Devices

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - dealers and finance companies operating in the sub prime arena believe that the use of starter interrupt devices is a good thing...

"He Said, She Said," Or Why We Build Courthouses

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The motion is usually based on the dealer’s claim that the car buyer has failed to state sufficient facts to make out a viable claim...

Recontracting After A Spot Delivery Transaction: What Are The Rules?

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The customer has signed on the dotted line, but now you can’t find a company willing to buy the retail installment sales agreement ... What rules apply?

Dealer Sued Out-Of-State Based On Internet Transaction

Monday, August 21, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - In some states, only specific actions will subject someone from out-of-state to suit, while in others, very minimal contacts...

You Have Wheelchair Access To Your Showroom: Must Your Web site Accomodate Blind Person?

Monday, August 21, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - If you aren’t employing such software on your Web site, are you violating the Americans with Disabilities Act?

Federal Court Decision Muddles "Prescreening" Requirements

Monday, August 21, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - Creditors cannot ask credit reporting agencies to review their files and identify likely customers for them – or to “prescreen”...

Dealer's Mail Campaign Results In $250,000 Settlement

Monday, August 21, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - It seems the mail campaign targeted consumers who had filed for bankruptcy without first getting the consumers’ permission...

Salesman's Experience Motivates Jury

Monday, August 21, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - ... a salesman’s experience should have alerted him to the fact that the car had suffered extensive previous damage?

Arbitration Patrol

Monday, August 21, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - From where we sit, dealers win a lot more of these challenges than they lose, and when they lose, it’s usually because they deserve to lose...

Sucker Pricing

Monday, August 21, 2006
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - With the exception of limits on the rate of finance charge in financing transactions imposed by most states ...

Car Dealers And Terrorism - What Are The Rules?

Monday, August 21, 2006
Elena Lovoy - The USA PATRIOT Act contained several requirements that affected dealers. Some provisions are in force now – others have ...

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