Advocating For Justice In Consumer Disputes
Advocating For Justice In Consumer Disputes
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Volkswagen to recall 480,000 diesel-powered passenger cars sold in the United States since 2009. The recall impacts models with a 4-cylinder diesel engine and includes model years 2009 - 2015 for the VW Beetle, Jetta,...
This is the fifth of nine articles in our Blog Series Is Leasing Really Fleecing? In most cases, leasing costs more than buying a car. As we explained in our first article, a consumer does not own a leased vehicle but instead pays for the right to use it. Although...
Connecticut Bar Association President William Clendenen has appointed Consumer Law Group Managing Attorney Daniel Blinn to be the chair of the CBA's Consumer Law Section. The Section consists of lawyers that represent both businesses and consumers, and it includes...
This is the fourth of nine articles in our Blog Series Is Leasing Really Fleecing? Most people do not really understand how leases work. The contracts are confusing, and they do not clearly disclose important components such as the cost of the car or truck or the...
Two New Jersey car dealership have agreed to pay $50,000 to settle claims that they engaged in auto dealer fraud. The agreement with the New Jersey attorney general, which was entered as a consent judgment in court, involved Newton Audi and Newton Volkswagen. The...
A Wisconsin couple has sued an auto dealership for promising them that a used Mazda 5 station wagon could tow a trailer. The couple wanted to tow a trailer in order to transport an electric wheelchair. The lawsuit alleges that the dealership repeatedly assured them...
Many of our clients tell us about conduct by auto dealers that is quite clearly criminal. Many dealerships regularly engage in forgery, fraud, and outright theft of money.State laws provide for serious criminal sanctions for this type of conduct, including jail time....
This is the third of nine articles in our Blog Series Is Leasing Really Fleecing? Our previous article on Do Leases Include Interest Charges? focused on how the time-value of money factors into the charges that consumers pay during the course of a lease. Many...
This is the second of nine articles in our Blog Series Is Leasing Really Fleecing? In our previous article on How Leases Work, we stated that "interest" was one of the factors in determining the amount of the monthly lease payment. The time value of money is a...
Connecticut's Lemon Law gives important protections to consumers who bought a new car or truck. If the manufacturer is unable to repair a defect after a "reasonable" number of repair attempts, then it must either replace the vehicle or buy it back. So, a common...