The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act is to be Watered Down, significantly. New Jersey has one of the strongest Consumer Fraud Acts in the United States. There is pending legislation to change the Consumer Fraud Act and make it easier to avoid civil penalties for fraud. The changes include provisions…
Amy Handlin and John McKeon are sponsoring an anti-consumer bill that would change the business landscape in New Jersey. A key provision of the new New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act would exempt out of state transactions. This means the following: if someone in New Jersey commits consumer fraud upon a…
Car Salesmen and Dealerships to be Protected with Proposed Changes in Consumer Fraud Act. Amy Handlin and Jack McKeon have sponsored and introduced ANTI-CONSUMER legislation to reduce consumer rights and protect car dealerships. The changes in the Consumer Fraud Act would exempt or limit liability against businesses that are already…
CHANGES IN THE NEW JERSEY CONSUMER FRAUD ACT TO PROTECT CAR SALESMAN Amy Handlin is the co-sponsor on this bill to protect car salesman John McKeon is the primary Sponsor on this bill to protect car salesmen. There is a bill pending in the Assembly which significantly and permanently change…
It is not uncommon that there is absolutely no disclosure to the sales staff and they are not even given what is commonly known as a deal recap or some sort of washout sheet. It is not uncommon that the sales staff is completely left in the dark pertaining to…
The auto sales business is a major tax source for all states, including New Jersey. In this regard, many states have hundreds, if not thousands of dealerships, which generate billions of dollars in tax revenue for the state coffers. All these dealerships rely upon the skills of sales people to…
WRONGFUL REPOSSESSION CLAIMS, CLASS ACTIONS AND CONSUMER FRAUD A brief review of the internet on the search wrongful repossession class action will yield a plethora of results indicating that this is an extensive, ripe and very litigious area of law both on the individual and class action basis. When you…
As previously stated in many of these posts, the dealers frequently use arbitration agreements as a method by which they bypass the court system. There are numerous organizations, including JAMS, NAF and American Arbitration Association. All of these organizations ordinarily have consumer due process protocols for these arbitrations. The question…
Appearance Package, Wheel Well Molding, Door Edge Guards Some dealerships use the sale or attempted sale of door edge guards, wheel well molding or pin striping, commonly known as appearance packages, to increase the costs of the vehicles. Frequently, these pre-delivery services are not included anywhere in the buyer’s order…
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