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

Firm founder Larry Miles has been named to the Aerospace Museum of California Board of Directors.  Located in McClellan Air Park in Sacramento, the Museum features dozens of historical

Larry Miles joined the FAA in presenting the prestigious Master Pilot Award to Cal Worthington in a special award ceremony at the McClellan Aerospace Museum on January 29, 2012. 

Larry Miles, senior attorney with The Miles Law Firm, recently won an important decision for the California auction industry involving the question of whether auto auctioneers are employees or

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

Founder Larry Miles urged calmness and compromise in a Viewpoint Opinion published in the Sacramento Bee on August 6, 2011.  Recalling Franklin Roosevelt’s famous exhortation, “The only thing we

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