PPP Loans: Not Out of the Woods Yet
By Andrew G. Thomas & W. Kirby Bissell Applying for PPP loans and loan forgiveness under the CARES Act is likely a distant memory for many businesses, but this saga is not quit
HMA’s New Data Sharing Agreement: Worse Than Before
By Andrew G. Thomas & Nicholas A. Bader Hyundai dealers recently received a new Hyundai-Dealer Information Sharing Agreement (the “DISA”) covering the exchange of certain i
State of the Industry: Use of OEM Incentives to Leverage Dealer Compliance with Digital Sales
By Andrew G. Thomas & W. Kirby Bissell As digital sales slowly become the norm in the automotive industry, OEMs have attempted to keep pace by creating programs and incentives
Rest in Peace? – Inadequate succession planning could equal strife rather than success for the next generation in the dealer market.
By: Denise Branch The franchise dealer market is no doubt generational. Many dealerships are now on at least their second generation of ownership with the next generation poi
Buy-Sell Activity Slows in 1st and 2nd Quarters
By: Logan Parker After several years of record high dealership transaction activity, the pace of new transactions coming through our door has slowed during the first two quarters o
Honda and Mercedes-Benz Potentially Violating State Warranty Reimbursement Provisions
American Honda Motor Company has a policy that if a dealership’s 12 month average gross profit as a percentage of warranty sales is above 80%, it may not seek a warranty labor ra
GM Proposes New Dealer Sales and Service Agreement
General Motors has proposed a new Dealer Sales and Service Agreement to take the place of the current Agreement which expires on October 31, 2025. There is one change in the