We are very excited to announce the hiring of Denise Branch as Senior Counsel with BSM.   Denise Branch joined the North Carolina Bar in 2005.  She was most recently Chief Legal Officer at Crossroads Automotive Group and held that position for 7 years.  In her position at Crossroads...

As all of you should have already received multiple communications from your dealer association and NADA, we will keep our comments on the CDK mess brief.   First, we strongly recommend that dealers continue to read communications from your dealer associations and NADA as they contain...

In another example of the positive impact of dealer push-back, Hyundai Motor America has agreed to withdraw the Product Shipment Addendum recently sent to, and entered into by, a number of dealers.  Among other egregious provisions, the Product Shipment Addendum required dealers to accept the...

As readers know from prior editions of the BSM Report, our lawyers have brought several lawsuits against Ford related to the Ford EV program.  Now that Ford has announced that it is pulling most requirements of the Program (see article below), where does this leave us in the courts?   Despite...

In conjunction with the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, BSM Shareholder, Richard Sox, will present an April webinar on sales performance issues.  Mr. Sox will be discussing the renewed frequency of OEM sending sales performance deficiency letters and reports to dealers.  The webinar...