From: Ted L. Smith, CAE, President (DD) 850-224-2580 True Car/ZAG is definitely in the news across the country and you should take immediate steps to educate yourself fully on all of the legal and business issues involved in your contract with this vendor. Most states are focusing on the potential or alleged violations of their…
Category Archives: Legal/Regulatory Alerts
Hidden Concerns in Garage Insurance Policies
Are you protected properly by your existing garage operations insurance policies for consumer complaints? Check your policy limits now – you may be surprised about your exposure for class action claims!
Customer Complaints and the Indemnity Provision
Did you realize you have an additional exposure when you are sued as a result of a customer complaint? FADA has recently been advised that one captive auto lender
FADA Partners with Lenders to Help Dealers on RISC
The FADA staff and members of our legal team, notably Alex Kurkin of Kurkin Forehand Brandes in Miami/Tallahassee, met with 16 lenders via a recent webinar to ask these lenders to make some changes to their RISC’s in Florida. A Florida lawsuit makes these changes absolutely necessary.
Florida Minimum Wage Increases Effective 1/1/2012
Florida’s minimum wage for non-tipped employees will increase Jan. 1 to $7.67 an hour, a 4.9 percent increase from the $7.31 an hour minimum for 2011, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported over the weekend. Wages for tipped employees will rise to $4.65 an hour, up from $4.29. The wage increase is based on…
