Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top In a recent Brainwaves event hosted by the Society of Automotive Analysts and Foley & Lardner LLP, titled “100 Days and Beyond: Presidential Policy Shifts Impacting...more
Foley is here to help you through all aspects of rethinking your long-term business strategies, investments, partnerships, and technology...more
2/20/2025
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Imports ,
International Trade ,
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OEM ,
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Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration
Foley & Lardner will provide podcast commentary on key trends impacting the automotive supply industry as part of the firm’s participation in the MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers Annual Conference on November 12-13, 2024...more
11/12/2024
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NLRB ,
OEM ,
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Tax Reform ,
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UAW
A number of auto suppliers are reducing R&D and engineering budgets in response to cost pressures, according to a report in Crain’s Detroit.
Declining automotive plant capacity utilization in the U.S. is expected to be a...more
8/22/2024
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Automotive Industry ,
Data Collection ,
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Electric Vehicles ,
Layoffs ,
Manufacturers ,
OEM ,
Popular ,
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Tax Credits ,
Voluntary Disclosure
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities -
Key Developments -
Foley & Lardner partner Vanessa Miller is quoted in the Law360...more
7/26/2023
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Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Innovative Technology ,
Manufacturers ,
Motor Vehicles ,
OEM ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Supply Chain ,
Tax Incentives ,
Technology Sector
Agility and resiliency remain essential attributes for manufacturers in 2023. Manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.”
Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the...more
7/11/2023
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Best Practices ,
Clawbacks ,
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Cybersecurity ,
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
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Machine Learning ,
Manufacturers ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Supply Chain
Analysis by Julie Dautermann, Competitive Intelligence Analyst -
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. ...more
Analysis by Julie Dautermann, Competitive Intelligence Analyst -
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities....more
6/1/2023
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Connected Cars ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Labor Relations ,
Lithium Batteries ,
Manufacturers ,
Motor Vehicles ,
National Emissions Standards ,
NHTSA ,
OEM ,
Renewable Fuel ,
UAW
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
Key Developments -
Foley & Lardner LLP Partner Nicholas Ellis is quoted in the Automotive...more
1/25/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Manufacturers ,
NHTSA ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Supply Shortages ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Over the last two years, the widespread shortages, stoppages, and other disruptions affecting much of the global supply chain have led manufacturers, suppliers, and buyers alike to examine their contract terms for an...more
This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities...more
As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more
7/7/2022
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China ,
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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Ethics ,
False Advertising ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Human Rights ,
ICFR ,
Internet of Things ,
Investment ,
Liability ,
Machine Learning ,
Manufacturers ,
Mexico ,
Model Contract Clauses ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Patents ,
PFAS ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Management ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
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Supply Chain ,
Supply Shortages ,
Sustainability ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unions ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
As covered by the news, Mexico and Canada have joined forces to challenge the United States’ strict interpretation of some of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement´s (USMCA or Agreement) Automotive Rules of Origin (ROO)....more
Last week, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. As my partner, Elizabeth Haas, points out, the antitrust implications are far reaching. Of the 72 different initiatives...more
7/15/2021
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The supply chain is the lifeblood of the automotive manufacturing industry. Disruptions to the supply chain caused by COVID-19 and component and material shortages, such as the semiconductor industry shortage, have put this...more
...Given that the original epicenter of the coronavirus was the important worldwide manufacturing hub of Wuhan, China, the automotive industry was swiftly and seriously impacted in ways that continue one year later. The...more
That question, as we brace for the continuing effects of COVID-19, is at the top of executives’ minds. And yet each vision seems to beget more questions: about alternative supply chain models and contract terms, about...more
9/29/2020
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Business Strategies ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Canada ,
China ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Manufacturers ,
Mexico ,
Natural Disasters ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Transparency
This report identifies resiliency and innovation considerations for manufacturers and provides frameworks and tools for you to evaluate how those considerations impact your business....more
9/29/2020
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Driverless Cars ,
Innovation ,
Manufacturers ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Robots ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Wars
It is quite common in supply chain contracts for the buyer and the seller to have competing interests in negotiating key contractual provisions and protections. Before COVID-19, force majeure provisions were often just an...more
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on markets and industries in the U.S. and around the world, businesses are now confronting significant and unique challenges. Successful navigation of these challenges...more
3/21/2020
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Business Interruption ,
business-int ,
Class Action ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
D&O Insurance ,
Failure To Warn ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Impracticability ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Insurance Claims ,
Manufacturers ,
Mergers ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain
The coronavirus (provisionally named SARS-CoV-2, with its disease being named COVID-19) has now been documented in more than 100 countries and territories. Over 110,000 cases have now been documented across the globe,...more
3/10/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Manufacturers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Public Health ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain
...The coronavirus (provisionally named SARS-CoV-2, with its disease being named COVID-19) has now been documented in more than 70 countries and territories. More than 90,000 cases have now been documented across the globe,...more
3/6/2020
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Best Practices ,
Business Travel ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Manufacturers ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Traveling Employee
...The coronavirus (provisionally named SARS-CoV-2, with its disease being named COVID-19) has now been documented in six of the world’s seven continents, with more than 80,000 cases, sparing only Antarctica. Closer to home,...more
2/27/2020
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Business Interruption ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Distributors ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Insurance Claims ,
Manufacturers ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Material Adverse Change Clauses (MACs) ,
Mergers ,
Public Health ,
Purchase Agreement ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Suppliers ,
Supply Chain ,
Supply Contracts ,
Workplace Safety
In the three years it took for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to come to fruition, there was much uncertainty surrounding trade relations with Mexico, yet U.S. business executives’ bullishness about...more
Like it has for many industries, technology is changing the game for the automotive sector – and the effects are now being felt down companies’ supply chains. As the intense focus on autonomous vehicles and electrification...more