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According to the Houston Chronicle, the $1.15 million settlement is the largest in the history of the Harris County Toll Road Authority.
Read More →While in April, federal courts handed employers big wins by halting two National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rules, the car rental industry is already seeing the impact of other changes in the law with one company facing a 31-member union including only service agents. All employers should be vigilant of the shifting landscape and enact strategies for NLRB compliance.
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Patent experts from ipCapital Group, an intellectual property consulting firm, discuss how the surge of rental car-related patents not held by rental car companies is a concerning fact and makes rental car companies susceptible to intellectual property threats from outside their typical competitors.
Read More →The Supreme Court’s ruling could impact a case in Ohio involving a rental car, in which the judge said the defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy because the GPS device planted by police was on a rented vehicle.
Read More →According to the San Diego News Examiner, a woman in Arizona is filing a federal class-action lawsuit against Avis for being denied discounts that were offered to members of two gay and lesbian associations.
Read More →In Garcia v. Geico General Insurance Co., the 11th circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said that even though the driver of the rental car involved in the crash wasn’t the original renter, the insurance company of the driver is still responsible for coverages.
Read More →The 25 employees are claiming religious discrimination against Hertz, which says it plans to ‘vigorously defend’ itself in the case because ‘this matter has nothing to do with discrimination or religious bias.’
Read More →Though the person driving the rented vehicle wasn’t the original renter, the court ruled that because the original renter gave permission, the insurance company is still responsible for damages.
Read More →In July 2010, Miami-based ACO Rent a Car had sued ACE Rent a Car ‘for a declaratory finding’ that the two company logos and trademarks ‘were not likely to cause consumer confusion’ in the U.S.
Read More →GM says it cannot be held liable for damages relating to vehicles produced before the “new GM” was created out of the 2009 bankruptcy.
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