May 30, 2025
$129.5M DMS Class Action Settlement 2025, Complete Claim & Payout Guide for Car Dealers
In a major legal development for the American auto dealership industry, CDK Global Inc. has agreed to a $129.5 million class action settlement stemming from allegations of anti-competitive practices in the dealership management software sector. The lawsuit, known as the Dealer Management Systems (DMS) Antitrust Litigation, claims that CDK Global and Reynolds & Reynolds entered into unlawful agreements that caused inflated software pricing for thousands of dealerships across the country. This class action applies to car dealers who purchased DMS software from the aforementioned companies between September 1, 2013, and August 15, 2024. The lawsuit asserts that these companies engaged