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Has Recent Automobile Innovation Impacted Automobile Manufacturers’ Avenues of Defense?

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Vehicles are more complex now, than ever, offering incredible and exciting technology, including self-driving features. But as innovation continues to rapidly change the automotive industry, can we expect the same innovation...more

Marshall Dennehey

Policies Alone Fall Short: Establishing a Standard of Care and Duty Requires More Than Internal Procedures

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Key Points: A defendant’s violation of its own policies and procedures does not establish a standard of care for the industry. The order of a new trial was improper and the trial court’s prior order for directed verdict and...more

Lowndes

Property Owner Considerations Around Electric Vehicle Bans

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. recently reported that Oberon Development Corp., a Toronto property management company and apartment project owner, banned the use and storage on its properties of electric vehicles like cars,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Data Show Autonomous Cars May Drive More Safely than Human Drivers

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IDTechEx, which provides market research on emerging technology, analyzed California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) autonomous vehicle collision reports. Per California regulation, every company testing autonomous...more

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Volkswagen and Audi Hit with Data Breach Class Action

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This week, Volkswagen AG’s U.S. entity and its Audi brand were hit with a class action for a data breach that allegedly compromised 3.3 million consumers’ personal information. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2020

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In this month's edition, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, as well as the U.S. government's response to the decision. We also examine two...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Personal Jurisdiction/Forum Non Conveniens - The World in U.S. Courts: Summer 2019

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Personal Jurisdiction Based on Knowledge of Texas Port of Call and Lack of Objection Even Where Ship Operator Had No Other Texas Contacts or Control Over Destination Carmona v. LEO Ship Management, Inc., US Court of Appeals...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Automotive MarketTrends | September 2019, Issue 3

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Welcome to the latest edition of Foley’s Automotive MarketTrends newsletter, which continues to highlight key trends in the industry. In this issue, we focus on tips for drafting commercial agreements, and, more specifically,...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

The Importance of Identifying All Applicable Insurance in NC Car Accident Cases

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Unfortunately, the number of serious car wrecks in North Carolina continues to increase. In 2016, for instance, 130,137 people were injured on North Carolina roadways, a 5.3% increase from 2015. Sadly, 1,441 people lost...more

White and Williams LLP

California Supreme Court Holds That Evidence of Industry Custom and Practice May Be Admissible in a Design Defect, Strict Product...

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In Kim v. Toyota Motor Corp., 6 Cal.5th 21 (Cal. 2018), the Supreme Court of California considered whether the trial court properly allowed the defendant to introduce evidence of industry custom and practice in defense of a...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Autonomous Safety Technologies: Lowering the Bar for the Alert and Safe Driver

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In 2013, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a ‘Preliminary Statement of Policy Concerning Automated Vehicles’ (the “Policy”). The Policy includes a classifications system partitioning vehicle...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Autonomous Vehicles: A Case Study of Liability and Insurance

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The crash of a vehicle operating in semi-autonomous or fully autonomous mode presents a headline-grabbing opportunity to question the technology and the pace at which it is being introduced. Every accident resulting in injury...more

Cozen O'Connor

U.S. DOT Moving Closer to Certification of Driverless Cars

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Motor vehicle design continues to make significant technological leaps incorporating a number of automated features, with many manufacturers pioneering the concept of driverless cars. What was once the stuff of science...more

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