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Ramey Motors has agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed last year, which claimed the dealership violated the terms of a 2012 consent order that barred it from deceptively advertising the cost of buying or leasing cars.
Read More →Ahead of her appearance at the Innovate 2015 conference, the FTC official who led Operation Ruse Control has released a list of advertising sins that have put dealers on her regulatory radar.
Read More →New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced two separate actions this week against a 22-store dealer group and a Hyundai dealership, both related to deceptive advertising practices.
Read More →Two auto dealers in Las Vegas agreed to settle FTC charges that they used deceptive ads to promote the sale or leasing of their vehicles, including advertising heavily discounted prices that were not generally available to consumers.
Read More →The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has reached a $135,000 settlement with Bergen Auto Enterprises, which does business as Wayne Mazda and Wayne Auto Mall Hyundai. The dealerships were accused of engaging in deceptive business and advertising practices.
Read More →The Federal Trade Commission has approved final consent orders which prohibit Jim Burke Nissan of Birmingham, Ala., and Ross Nissan of El Monte, Calif., from deceptively advertising the sale, financing and leasing of their vehicles.
Read More →The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Division has pulled back on its plan to fine dealers with listings on CarGurus.com after the department and the shopping site discussed revisions to CarGurus’ advertising practices in a call yesterday.
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Last week, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Enforcement Division issued a cease-and-desist letter to CarGurus and the state’s dealer association, threatening dealers with fines up to $10,000 a day if the shopping site does not revise its advertising practices.
Read More →A Tennessee dealership accused of using deceptive advertising to target service members will be required to pay a $50,000 fine and change its advertising practices.
Read More →The FTC unanimously approved a final order settling its deceptive advertising complaint against Dallas-based Trophy Nissan, which was charged on Dec. 23 with violating the FTC Act, the Consumer Leasing Act and the Truth in Lending Act.
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