Category: Auto Industry

(January 20, 2017) – Founding attorney Larry Miles helped close the sale of two major auto dealerships in Anchorage, Alaska, recently.  “I’m honored to have been involved in the

Sacramento Magazine has named Larry Miles a 2015 Outstanding Lawyer in Franchise Law.   “I’m honored that other lawyers and Sacramento Magazine appreciate my 35 years experience as a practicing

Firm founder Lawrence W. Miles, Jr. has helped establish several memorials to the late Cal Worthington with the San Juan Education Foundation and the Aerospace Museum of California.  Cal passed away

Led by founding shareholder Lawrence W. Miles, Jr., Miles McLeod recently represented the buyer in the acquisition of three auto dealerships and related real property transactions.  Mr. Miles was lead counsel

California’s Automobile Sales Finance Act requires in relevant part that dealers disclose deferred down-payments on the line identified in the standard-form retail installment sales contract.  A customer will often

A recent Court of Appeal case could make it more difficult both for California auto dealers to obtain their dealer bonds, as well as collect on the bonds against

The controversy over “backdating” of automobile sales contracts continues in California, despite a Court of Appeal decision last year that ruled against a new car dealer for engaging in

The California Court of Appeal has sided with CarMax in a key decision involving the “sales commission” exemption to California’s overtime law.   In Areso v. Carmax, Inc.,  the Court held that a

Two recent cases, one by California’s Court of Appeal and the other by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeal involving bankruptcy law, will be of interest to car

Amidst the worst recession in the last half century, California auto dealerships have suffered a few recent slings and arrows in cases involving regulatory and litigation developments, as well