Your business exists but is it protected? How do you protect yourself and your business from liability? The first step is to make sure you have proper corporate documentation. Without it, you could be subject to personal liability. That’s [...]
Not a registered entity? How about a trade name. Let’s say your business is not one of the entities mentioned in the last video. Are you a trade name? A d/b/a? Do you even know what that means? Find out more by watching the video [...]
Now, we're going to move on to auction sales, which is how most dealers get their cars. A lot of people don't know that. A lot of folks that are not in the industry don't recognize that most of these cars don't come from trade-ins. Let's go [...]
In our next video in the Car Law Authority, we talk about Floor Plan Financing. If you have ever wondered what it is and how to get it, this video is for you. Check it out below. Next in the Georgia Car Law Authority program, [...]
Is your business set up correctly? The three most common business entities are corporations, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships. In this video, we spend just less than three minutes going over the basics of each one. Check it [...]
In this video, filmed outside Atlanta's "Bridge to Nowhere", Attorney Steven Lefkoff discusses the decision deadlines for the Court of Appeals of Georgia and Supreme Court of Georgia. These are called the "distress [...]
In an opinion issued on February 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that punitive damages were allowed in an abusive litigation tort filed under O.C.G.A. § 51-7-81. In this video, Attorney Steven Lefkoff discusses the case and explains [...]
In this video, Attorney Steven Lefkoff provides an update on a current case in which he is representing a local dealership in defending against a Georgia Fair Business Practices Act complaint filed by a [...]
In this video, Attorney Steven Lefkoff addresses an interesting topic - when do motor vehicle dealers need to send Adverse Action Notifications? In motor vehicle transactions, these notifications are sent when a deal is rejected due to something [...]