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Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - A company was interested in buying a substantial part of a Georgia dealer’s BHPH portfolio of retail installment sales contracts. My contact wanted me to look over a few deal files and tell him if the documentation looked good.
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The foundation of the report is Public Citizen’s claim, based on its study of nearly 34,000 collection cases, arbitrators found in favor of businesses in 94 percent of the arbitration proceedings...
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - When the dealer and the buyer are in different states, a lot of different things are happening. The business models we have seen range from the safest to the more dangerous, from a legal standpoint...
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The Texas Supreme Court found that Gullo Motors’ fraudulent actions merited exemplary (punitive) damages, but that the $125,000 remittitur exceeded the constitutional limits on exemplary damages...
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - You will recall that the most potent weapon that plaintiffs’ lawyers can bring to bear is a state “unfair and deceptive acts or practices,” or “UDAP”, law. Nearly every state has such a law, and Maryland, my home state, is...
Read More →Thomas B. Husdon, Esq. - The estimated cost to disassemble the engine was $1,500. Van Eman believed that C.A.R.S. had no intention of honoring the limited warranty and would continue to demand additional tear down and diagnosis until...
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - Just as any good car salesperson will know the mechanical and performance specifications of the vehicles, the salesperson should know the characteristics, terms and conditions of the financing, leasing and related services.
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The relative rarity of these transactions doesn’t faze the NCLC, or, for that matter, the press. They know a good, catchy (and loaded) headline phrase when they hear one. So, they call every conditional delivery transaction...
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - In addition to the installment contract, the Pattons signed a “Purchase Spot Delivery Agreement” stating that the Pattons were taking possession of the minivan before approval of financing and that Wyler Eastgate could...
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - Lately, plaintiffs’ lawyers have convinced a few courts that requiring a consumer to waive class relief is “unconscionable” and is reason enough for courts to refuse to enforce the arbitration agreements...
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