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Breach of Warranty Automotive Industry

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Ontario Superior Court Limits Potential Class Action Entitlement for Pure Economic Loss

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While the effects of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in 1688782 Ontario Inc v Maple Leaf Foods Inc., 2020 SCC 35 [Maple Leaf], begin to reverberate in the decisions of lower courts, Justice Paul Perell's certification...more

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Southern District of Florida Dismisses RICO Claims in Putative Automotive Class Action

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On March 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered an order dismissing all but one claim against Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (collectively, the “Mercedes Defendants”) in a...more

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Ninth Circuit Curtails Consumers’ Class Claims Under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

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Resolving an issue of first impression before it, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) “may not be used to evade the specific numerosity requirement”...more

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

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

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Driverless, Networked Vehicles on the Rise, French Liability Regulations Lag Behind

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The Situation: Autonomous cars with incorporated artificial intelligence ("AI") are now a reality whereas French regulations have yet to adjust. The Issue: The phenomenon of new autonomous cars using AI gives rise to...more

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Top Legal Issues Facing the Automotive Industry in 2017

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Predicting what any industry will do in 2017 is a challenge. We have to consider Brexit, a new President, NAFTA is up in the air … and all this coming after a robust year of sales in 2016. But, this is an Automotive Industry...more

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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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Volkswagen Defeated?

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Last week, on September 18, 2015, the EPA issued a News Release revealing that Volkswagen Group of America (“Volkswagen”) sold cars incorporating a “defeat device” as defined in the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) to purposefully evade...more

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