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Nov. 5, 2010

The Killing Fields

The elimination of hundreds of General Motors dealerships closes another chapter of justice unserved. By Jonathan Michaels of Michaels Law Group.


By Jonathan Michaels


At the stroke of midnight on Oct. 31, 2010, the landscape of the automotive industry in the United States forever changed. With the final tick of the second hand, dealer agreements for some 500 General Motors dealers expired, ending generations of businesses across the country. This, it was held, was the way the "New GM" would move forward.


While the fate of these dealerships may now be certain, the way that we arrived her...

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