Articles by Attorney Preston | Stay Informed - Act Now — Coverall Law

Articles by Coverall Law®

Coverall Law® publishes monthly articles in the New England Automotive Report magazine. Please find below a list of his articles about issues collision repair shops face.

A New Era: Introducing Sean Preston
Hard Lessons in Software: Protecting the Shop and Safeguarding Personal Data
Don’t Abandon Your Rights with An Abandoned Vehicle
Rip the Band-Aid Off: Divorcing Your Referrals
Looking at Your Shop’s Forms: What to Know and Where to Go
January - The Not-So-Fine-Print on Referral and Program Repair Contracts, Part 1
February - The Not-So-Fine-Print on Referral and Program Repair Contracts, Part 2
March - The Massachusetts Appraisal Clause: A Wholly Unworkable Solution
April - The Undoing of the McGilloway Decision
May - The Right Price: Championing Retail Rates in Auto Repairs
June - From Hoops to Harmony: Enhancing the Shop-Insurer Relationship in Massachusetts - Part One
July - From Hoops to Harmony: Enhacing the Shop-Insurer Relationship in Massachusetts - Part Two
August - Stay Ahead of Legal Deadlines: Essential Guide for Auto Body Shops - Part One
September - Stay Ahead of Legal Deadlines: Essential Guide for Auto Body Shops - Part Two
October - Securing Your Shop’s Future: How Leveraging the “Forever Form” Maximizes Profits and Minimizes Risk
November - The Discount Dilemma: Insurers Want You Out Of Business
December - A Year in Review: A Strategic Shift Toward Industry-Changing Advocacy
January - Dear Victor - Industry Expert Clarifies Supplement Time Requirements
February - Clearing the Air: The Truth about Storage Fees and the Puopolo Decision
March - Dear Victor: Shutting Down Insurer Misinformation on Paint & Materials Reimbursement for Good
April - The True Cost of Aftermarket Parts: Why Insurers’ Short-Sighted Cost Cutting is Costing Everyone More
May - Why Are We Still Arguing about Blend Time? A Legal, Technical and Historical Case for Full Reimbursement for Blend Operations
June - Locked Out and Short-Changed: How State Farm’s Calibration Policy is Squeezing Shops and Skirting Antitrust Boundaries
July - The People’s Billion-Dollar Bully (Part One) How Insurers Took the Little Guy’s Side to Beat Him Down - Part One
August - The People’s Billion-Dollar Bully (Part One) How Insurers Took the Little Guy’s Side to Beat Him Down - Part Two
September - Rewriting the Rules: How Coverall Law’s Forever Forms Are Fixing the Direction to Pay
Labor Rate Board Was Step One – Now Lawmakers Must Protect Safe Repairs
No Way Around OE Procedures: Shops Can’t Avoid Liability
2025 Coverall Law Year in Review: Scaling Strategy, Strengthening Shops
January - Built on Bad Estimates: How Insurers Undermine Shops – and Trust – One Illegal Appraisal at a Time
April - Who Really Faces Antitrust Risk in Collision Repair? Part One Are Repairers Really the Antitrust Risk?
May - Who Really Faces Antitrust Risk in Collision Repair?: Part 2 If Not the Shops, Then Who Might Be the Problem?
June -‍ ‍A New Sales Tax Law – and a New Risk: Why Insurer Reporting May Not Reflect Your Shop’s Reality
July - The Total Loss Machine Part One of Three: Why Total Losses Are Exploding