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Kelley Blue Book estimates that new vehicle sales rose about 1% in September, compared with the same month last year, increasing from 1.43 million in September 2016 to 1.44 million last month. Edmunds.com estimates sales were a bit lower (about 1.435 million in September), representing a 0.4% increase...

Participating dealerships in the NJ CAR Workers’ Comp Program have experienced a savings of over $1.2 million. Close to 70% of participating dealerships have recently received dividend checks. The dividend is in the form of a check not a credit against the renewal policy.NJ CAR’s Program is very...

Recently, a dealer class action lawsuit was filed against The Reynolds and Reynolds Company (“R&R”) and CDK Global, LLC (“CDK”), alleging several violations of both Section 1 of the Sherman Act and the New Jersey Antitrust Act.The lawsuit claims that R&R and CDK:•Entered a horizonal agreement to reduce...

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development recently announced the State’s minimum wage will rise 16 cents next year to $8.60 an hour, effective January 1, 2018.The minor increase in the State’s minimum wage is driven by a bump in the consumer price index. The minimum...

Find Out By Completing NJ CAR’s Health Benefits Survey ONLINENJ CAR has worked with its partners (Corporate Synergies Group, Fotek Insurance Solutions, a division of HUB International, and WithumSmith+Brown) to put together a simple, online Health Benefits survey. The previous surveys conducted over the past three years...

The Senate Commerce Committee recently released bill S1885 (the “AV Start Act”) that addresses autonomous vehicles and includes clear language to ensure that state vehicle license and franchise laws as applied are NOT preempted. Manufacturers had been urging the bill’s sponsors to include broadly-worded language that would have...