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CGB Reports

		July 2006 Special Report: Business Marketing Legal Considerations for Lotteries and Contests Our clients sometimes ask us to review rules for contests designed to attract new business or reward current customers. Businesses desiring to conduct such contests must be very careful not to violate California's laws against lotteries. Read more...

		April 2006 Special Report: Real Estate Small Claims Court There is a forum for relief that will not cause an entity to incur legal fees to protect their interest against the wrongful act of another. The forum is small claims court. Read more...

		November 2002 Special Report: Auto Repair Dealer Alert Consumer Enforcement Watch Corporation Lawsuits against Auto Repair Shops Questions and Answers Read more...

		October 2001 "Price Gouging" What is it and when is it illegal? Disruption in the refining, supply and distribution system of motor fuels often results in price spikes, shortages and even government allocation. The news media, consumers and government officials are quick to claim "price-gouging" but what is it, and is it different from "price fixing?" Read more...

		May 2001 Changes in Business Tax Laws for 2001 To update you on what's new in the tax rules, here's a summary of the major changes for 2001. This is intended to give you an idea of what tax changes may help you or hurt you when you sit down to prepare your 2001 tax return next year. It isn't a substitute for that yearly trip to your accountant's office. Read more...

CGB Lawletter

		August 2006 Branded Dealer Special Report Retailers Prevail Over IRS In Federal Appeals Court Battle Upfront Cash a Win for Marketers: The California 9th Circuit U.S. Appeals Court has ruled in a retailer's favor in the battle with the IRS over how to treat upfront cash advanced by suppliers to upgrade or rebrand retail outlets. Read more...

		March 2006 Branded Dealer Special Report Supreme Court Throws Out Dealer Anti-Trust Suit Against Shell and Texaco Texaco v. Dagher, No. 04-805 (U.S. Supreme Court, February 28, 2006.): Several lawsuits were filed in the wake of the 1998 combining of Shell and Texaco's marketing buisnesses. Probably the last active lawsuit was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court in a unanimous decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas. Read more...

		September 2004 Important Information and Advice for Gasoline Retailers Texas Supreme Court Rejects Shell Dealer Class Action Claims Against Equilon Pricing Class Action Killed: More than 400 dealers in 17 states filed a class action against Equilon over four years ago. They saw their case dismissed by the Texas trial court, then resurrected by the state appeals court, and now killed by the Texas Supreme Court. Read more...

		November 2001 Important Information and Advice for Gasoline Retailers No Relief for Negligent Failure to Sign Franchise Renewal In a harsh ruling, the U.S. District court in Massachusetts refused to reverse the nonrenewal of a Motiva dealer who misplaced her franchise renewal and forgot to sign it. Read more...

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