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Charapp & Weiss Charapp & Weiss is a distinguished law firm with unwavering commitment and client advocacy.

Representing auto dealers in all aspects of their businesses has been at the core of Charapp & Weiss for three decades. Automobile dealerships are complex businesses with unique legal problems requiring highly specialized knowledge and skills. Legal and automotive groups routinely seek firm attorneys to lecture and to share their expertise and insight. Charapp & Weiss represents auto dealer clients in a wide range of transactional, compliance, regulatory and litigation matters.

Two topics every dealer principal should read this month:1. Insurance Coverage — Are your policies actually built for a ...
08/27/2026

Two topics every dealer principal should read this month:
1. Insurance Coverage — Are your policies actually built for a dealership? We break down the 12 coverage types dealers need, the risks most generic policies miss, and the best practices for making sure you're protected before a claim arises.
2. FTC Used Car Buyers Guide Compliance — The rule has been around for 40 years, but the FTC is enforcing it differently now. We walk through the most common mistakes and include a full compliance checklist your team can use on every deal.

Both are in our July issue of Driving Your Success.

The buyers' guide requirement applies to any vehicle driven for purposes other than moving or test driving, which includ...
08/21/2026

The buyers' guide requirement applies to any vehicle driven for purposes other than moving or test driving, which includes demonstrators and vehicles with significant miles put on before delivery.

If your demonstrators are leaving without buyers guides, that's an exposure you need to fix today.

The FTC is auditing. Plaintiffs' attorneys are watching.

Drop your answer in the comments 👇The answer, and why it matters more than most dealers realize, coming next week.
08/16/2026

Drop your answer in the comments 👇

The answer, and why it matters more than most dealers realize, coming next week.

The FTC Used Car Rule has been around since 1985, but dealers are still getting it wrong in 2026.And this FTC isn't send...
08/10/2026

The FTC Used Car Rule has been around since 1985, but dealers are still getting it wrong in 2026.
And this FTC isn't sending warning letters anymore. They're going straight to legal action.
Is your buyer's guide process airtight?

If your dealership doesn't have these coverages, you may have more exposure than you realize.Standard commercial policie...
08/04/2026

If your dealership doesn't have these coverages, you may have more exposure than you realize.

Standard commercial policies rarely cover all of these. Dealer-specific packages exist for a reason. When did you last review yours?

Most dealers don't think about their insurance policy until they need it.That's exactly when it's too late.Dealerships o...
07/31/2026

Most dealers don't think about their insurance policy until they need it.
That's exactly when it's too late.

Dealerships operate in one of the highest-risk business environments there is: valuable inventory exposed to weather and theft, customers and employees driving vehicles daily, cyber threats, employment claims, and an increasingly aggressive regulatory environment.

A generic commercial policy doesn't cover most of it.
The dealers who protect themselves aren't the ones who got lucky. They're the ones who reviewed their coverage before something went wrong.

The FTC's message to dealers is simple: the price a customer walks in with should be the same price on their buyer's ord...
07/18/2026

The FTC's message to dealers is simple: the price a customer walks in with should be the same price on their buyer's order when they walk out.

Our partner Barrett Charapp Beaty broke down exactly what that means for fee disclosure and dealer pricing structures on the Car Dealership Guy Daily Dealer Live podcast earlier this year.

With FTC scrutiny at an all-time high, this conversation is more relevant now than ever.

🎧 The full episode is worth a listen if you haven't heard it yet.

How well do you know the FTC's new advertising rules? With 97 dealerships already receiving warning letters, now is not ...
07/10/2026

How well do you know the FTC's new advertising rules? With 97 dealerships already receiving warning letters, now is not the time to guess on compliance.
Swipe through and test yourself, the answers might surprise you. ➡️

Happy 250th birthday, America! Here's to celebrating where we've been and where we're headed.
07/04/2026

Happy 250th birthday, America! Here's to celebrating where we've been and where we're headed.

The car business has enough challenges.Your legal team shouldn't be one of them.Charapp & Weiss, exclusively representin...
06/24/2026

The car business has enough challenges.
Your legal team shouldn't be one of them.
Charapp & Weiss, exclusively representing dealers since day one.

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