Landmark Dodge of Independence, Mo., will pay a total of $275,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging a policy set by ownership required some jobs to be staffed by men or women. +
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the California Combating Auto Retail Scams Act, which was modeled in part after an FTC initiative that stalled in a federal appeals court in January. +
Representatives of major trade associations tell Automotive News a study that found evidence of discriminatory auto lending practices relies on flawed methodology and incomplete data. +
JPMorgan Chase, Fifth Third and Barclays are among the credit line providers facing massive losses as retailer and subprime lender Tricolor Auto enters bankruptcy proceedings. +
Valerie Drewlow, the former office manager at Greeley (Colo.) Nissan and Greeley Volkswagen, was arrested and faces charges of stealing $182,815 from the dealerships. +
The owner of New York’s Bul Auto Sales and Jacksonville’s Karma franchise has been arrested in Florida, where he faces charges of fraud and dealing in stolen property. +
The California New Car Dealers Association is suing to prevent further collections of deposits for the upcoming Afeela 1 EV, which the factory plans to sell directly to consumers. +
A unanimous state supreme court decision finds NJ CAR lacks standing to sue Ford Motor Co. for alleged violations of New Jersey franchise laws relating to the Lincoln Commitment program. +
Mark Janbakhsh faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison after being convicted in a bank fraud conspiracy involving his brother, inflated inventory and unearned lines of credit. +
Tesla is allowed to sell its EVs directly to consumers in Ohio, but its competitor, Rivian, is not. The latter is suing to end the state's ban on DTC sales and its rival’s carveout. +
