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Massachusetts Attorney General Will Begin Enforcing Right to Repair Law June 1

March 9, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

In a court filing March 7, AG says people of Massachusetts deserve benefit of the law approved by voters more than two years ago that has been delayed by Auto Alliance lawsuit. In a Federal Court filing Tuesday, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced the Commonwealth intends to begin the process to enforce updates […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Attorney General, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Right to Repair

US Department of Labor and Mercedes-Benz USA Announce Job Corps Partnership to Train EV Technicians

February 8, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Initial program will take place at four campuses in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Utah. To help meet the need for auto technicians in the growing electric vehicle industry, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced a national partnership with Mercedes-Benz USA to train Job Corps students initially at centers in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Electric Vehicles, Job Corps, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mercedes-Benz, New Jersey, U.S. DOL, Utah, Workforce Development

Nearly 100 Collision Repair Professionals Learn How to “Take Back Their Business” at AASP-Massachusetts Fall Meeting

November 28, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision repair professionals from all over Massachusetts filed into the auditorium at Assabet Valley Vocational Technical School in Marlborough, Mass. on November 19 to take part in a full day of beneficial education and collaboration focused on the idea of “Taking Back Their Business,” presented by the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts (AASP/MA). […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/MA, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board, National AutoBody Research

Decision in Massachusetts Right to Repair Lawsuit Delayed Again

July 5, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

United States District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock announced July 1 that his decision in the lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation seeking to overturn updates to Massachusetts existing automotive right to repair law would be delayed again. In April, the Judge delayed the ruling until early July. According to the July 1 notice […]

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

Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition Calls for Prompt Ruling on Right to Repair Ballot Question

June 3, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition has filed an Amicus Curiae brief in federal court in reaction to an April 15 procedural order again delaying a ruling, until at least July 1, on a lawsuit filed by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, the association that represents vehicle manufacturers, challenging the law. U.S. District Judge, Douglas […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/MA, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Regulations, Right to Repair

Collision Repair Labor Rate Rally Planned for May 18 at Massachusetts State Capitol

May 12, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

In response to a Massachusetts House of Representatives hearing on collision repair labor rate reimbursement, several hundred Massachusetts auto body shop owners, family members, employees, vo-tech students and supporters are expected to converge on the Capitol. In addition to community demonstration of support, a motorcade of flatbed trucks topped with damaged cars will circle the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/MA, Labor Rates, legislation, Massachusetts

DCR Systems Signs License Agreement with Mirak Automotive Group

May 5, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

DCR Systems announced that Mirak Automotive Group in Arlington, Mass., is the second company to sign an area development licensing agreement with the company. The agreement provides access to DCR Systems’ full turnkey operating model. “Like many collision repair businesses, Mirak Automotive Group was impacted during the pandemic and hadn’t fully recovered. At the same […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, DCR Systems, Massachusetts, Mirak Automotive Group

Allstate and Enterprise Support Schools Through Collision Repair Education Foundation

February 14, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision repair schools in Illinois, Massachusetts and South Carolina benefit from industry support. The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) announced that six schools will receive Collision School Career Readiness Benchmark Grants. Allstate is providing a $10,000 grant to Thornton Fractional High School Center for Academics and Technology, located in Calumet City, Ill., to improve its […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Allstate, Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Grants, Illinois, Massachusetts, South Carolina

Garnett Station Partners Invests in VIVE Collision

January 20, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Garnett Station Partners, LLC, a New York-based principal investment firm founded in 2013 by Matt Perelman and Alex Sloane that manages approximately $1 billion of assets, today announced it has made a growth investment into VIVE Collision a collision repair multi-site operator. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2021 by Vartan […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Garnett Station Partners, Maine, Massachusetts, New York State, Rhode Island, VIVE Collision

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

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