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OSHA Suspends Private Employer Vaccine Mandate Pending Further Court Orders

November 19, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Announcement follows court order granting stay of the emergency temporary standard that was scheduled to take effect in December. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on its website that it would “take no steps to implement or enforce” until it receives further court orders due to pending rulings in Federal Court on the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Coronavirus, Lawsuits, OSHA, Regulations

Massachusetts Attorney General Seeks to Reopen Trial Evidence in Right to Repair Case

October 26, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

AG Healey says new evidence has come to light that vehicle manufacturers can limit telematics services to comply with Commonwealth’s voter-approved law. On October 22, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed a motion to reopen evidence in the lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation against the Commonwealth’s enhanced Right to Repair law that […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Attorney General, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Right to Repair, Subaru

Texas Auto Recycler to Pay $90,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

August 16, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Tyler, Texas-based K&L Auto Crushers will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee immediately notified the owner of K&L when she was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer. The employee also told […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: EEOC, Lawsuits, Texas

Justice Department Obtains $50,000 Settlement Against Dallas Towing Company for Illegally Selling Cars Owned by U.S. Servicemembers

July 29, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Justice Department announced that Dallas towing company United Tows LLC has agreed to enter into a consent order to resolve allegations that it illegally sold five servicemember-owned vehicles, in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).  The SCRA is a federal law that provides a variety of financial and housing protections to members […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Lawsuits, Towing, U.S. DOJ

Vehicle Manufacturers’ Lawsuit Against Massachusetts Right to Repair Law Goes to Trial this Week

June 14, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Federal lawsuit by the association representing vehicle manufacturers that was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts seeking to prevent the Commonwealth’s updated Right to Repair law from taking effect will go to trial this week. On November 3, 2020 more than 75% of voters in Massachusetts voted yes on […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Auto Care Association, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Right to Repair

Auto Care Association Says Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Industry Ability to Build Replacement Parts Compatible with OEM Software

April 7, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Auto Care Association reacted in support of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Google v. Oracle case surrounding a decade-long copyright dispute over software. “The Auto Care Association is pleased with the April 5 decision by the Supreme Court, which stated that application program interfaces are fair use for building compatible components,” said Aaron […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Copyright, Lawsuits, Non-OEM Parts, Software, U.S. Supreme Court

Rhode Island Woman Charged with Embezzling $580,000 from Collision Repair Shop

April 6, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Secretary redirected insurance checks to her personal and family member accounts during two-year period. A Pawtucket, R.I. woman was arraigned in federal court in Providence on April 1 and released on personal recognizance, charged with allegedly executing a scheme to defraud her auto body repair shop employer of approximately $580,000. It is alleged in the […]

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NY Attorney General Announces Conviction of Long Island Towing and Repair Facility for Tax Evasion

March 29, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Businesses underreported sales by more than $8 million over 10 year period. New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Michael Schmidt announced March 26 the guilty pleas of two Long Island auto repair shops and their owner for tax evasion. Broadway Towing, Inc. and Broadway Auto & Towing, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Attorney General, Lawsuits, New York State, Sales Tax

Massachusetts Towing Company Owner Sentenced for Tax Fraud and Evading Cash Transaction Reporting

March 22, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

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The owner of a Revere, Mass. towing company was sentenced on charges of engaging in an under-the-table payroll fraud scheme that defrauded the government of more than $3.3 million. Gennaro Angiulo, 49, of Nahant and Saugus, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 42 months of probation with 18 months […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Justice, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Towing

Forest Service Employee and Collision Repair Shop Operator Indicted for Kickback Scheme for No-Bid Auto Body Work in California

March 2, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

A United States Forest Service employee was arrested March 1 on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with illegally directing nearly $900,000 in no-bid Forest Service vehicle repair and maintenance work to a JP’s Collision and Auto Body Center, Inc. in Bloomington, Calif. that illicitly paid him more than $360,000 in bribes and kickbacks. […]

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