The Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”) has generated litigation claims since it was enacted into law several years ago. In recent years, however, th...

Under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, employers are required to reimburse their employees for expenses incurred within the scope of their emplo...

Most dealership businesses are closely-held or privately-owned companies. Often, the owners of these privately-owned businesses also serve as corporate offic...

Following the recent United States Supreme Court’s seminal decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., the circumstance of an Illinois motor vehicle dealer’s ...

Dealer advertising of vehicles, products and other services is a significant part of a dealership’s overall business operations and can consume a sizeable po...

The Illinois legislature adopted changes last year to the Illinois Motor Vehicle Franchise Act (“MVFA”) which place additional limitations on the manufacture...

In Illinois, the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (the “Act”) is a powerful enforcement tool designed to address and eradicate unfair and ...

In some parts of the country, there’s been an increase of federal government scrutiny of the question whether certain dealership workers are or should be cla...

In the wake of recent bulletins issued by at least one automotive manufacturer concerning the use of non-OEM parts and accessories in the repair of that manu...

Spring 2017- Illinois franchised new car dealers are among the most industrious, hard-working, community-oriented business executives in today’s economy. Fra...

“Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson As the people of our nation and state evolve to speak ...

The wisdom of the words of Benjamin Franklin still holds true today: “[b]y failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Too many times dealers who are eag...

Dealerships are required to place a Buyers Guide, ordinarily affixed to the window, in each and every used vehicle they offer for sale, pursuant to the Feder...

The handling of successor liability is an important consideration in any buy-sell agreement for the purchase of a dealership assets. Invariably, in the buy-s...

Dealerships, in the course of daily business operations, may be familiar with the occasional consumer complaint they receive from the state attorney general’...

With the arrival of a new year, some dealers are considering the sale of their dealership businesses. An important first step in valuing the business or othe...

Some dealers have declined having an employee handbook based upon the notion that it might be interpreted as an employment contract, for example, in a legal ...

Dealers should pay close attention to their advertising claims to ensure legal compliance. Advertising compliance problems can adversely affect the dealershi...

In recent articles appearing in Automotive News, industry analysts have suggested that the automakers’ use of the right of first refusal (ROFR) is noticeably...

There are numerous considerations for a proposed seller and prospective buyer to think about before entering into a buy-sell transaction. Most would agree th...