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Foley & Lardner
As the City of Detroit welcomed the North American International Auto Show last week, Foley & Lardner LLP hosted industry leaders at its annual Automotive Forum for a discussion of the critical areas spanning...
WIT Legal
For a quick look at the impact of the current UAW strike on the automotive supply chain from an expert's perspective, we asked a leading supply chain expert for some of his thoughts.
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
Near-heatwave temperatures resuming this week serve as a reminder to keep an eye out to avoid the very worst of mistakes.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
Many employers with at least fifty employees in the six-county Chicago area will have to provide their full-time employees with pre-tax public transit benefits starting January 1, 2024, under a new Illinois law.
Mintz
This morning, everyone who lives or works near the Barrett Pond Park Dam in Leominster, Massachusetts has been told evacuate immediately. Yesterday a foot of rain (yes a foot) fell on the area and the future...
K&L Gates
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is suspending a rule that allows liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be transported by rail in specialized tank cars, starting 31 October 2023.
Foley & Lardner
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Contact your Foley relationship partner...
Jones Day
The PTAB recently declined to apply Section 325(d) and instituted inter partes review after a patent owner unsuccessfully argued that the petition relied on substantially the same prior art as that which...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
A Massachusetts federal court judge has ruled that an OEM-branded prepaid vehicle maintenance plan sold and administered by a third-party to auto dealers is not subject to the Massachusetts...
Collins Einhorn Farrell
In Tiffany King, et al v MAIPF, et al, the Michigan Court of Appeals considered when a passenger in an uninsured motor vehicle is barred from seeking PIP benefits and making a claim for automobile negligence.
Foley & Lardner
The United Auto Workers (UAW) Union's contracts with General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis are set to expire on September 14, 2023.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
Employers with employees in Missouri who drive as a part of their employment may want to take appropriate measures to inform employees of a new law that prohibits the use of cell phones...
Mintz
For the third consecutive month, Tesla finds itself involved in a new patent infringement lawsuit, this latest time as a defendant in an action filed by Graphite Charging Company LLC on August 4, 2023...
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
On July 31, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced an enforcement review of the data privacy practices of connected vehicle (CV) manufacturers and technologies.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
In September 2022, Ford rolled out its "Model e Program" establishing requirements for Ford dealers who choose to sell and service Ford electric vehicles ("EVs") after December 31, 2023.
Baker Botts
In February 2023, the County Attorney for Franklin County, Texas requested an opinion from the Texas Attorney General regarding the enforceability of a proposed county-wide...
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
The enforcement division of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) recently announced it intends to review the privacy practices of connected vehicles.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Seyfarth's Jeremy Cohen and Connor Bateman co-authored an article, "'Mallory' - Another Jurisdiction Sea Change or Much Ado About Nothing?," in The New York Law Journal on August 14.
Jones Day
On April 27, 2023, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") approved a first-in-the-nation regulation that limits the emission of greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants, and toxic...
Foley & Lardner
The answer to that question is "lots" and it is much more than the fact UPS agreed to put air conditioning into all their new brown trucks which will undoubtedly generate higher revenue for the manufacturer.