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December 12, 2023 - Privacy, Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics, Environmental Law, Internet of Things
Privacy + Data Security Predictions for 2024
By: Miriam H. Wugmeister, Alex van der Wolk, Linda K. Clark, Annabel Gillham, Haimavathi V. Marlier, Kristen J. Mathews, Paul D. McKenzie, Nathaniel R. Mendell, Gordon A. Milner, Alja Poler De Zwart, Chuan Sun, Yukihiro Terazawa, Hanno Timner, Lokke Moerel, Mary Race, Marijn Storm, Dan Alam, Jasmine Arooni, Michael Burshteyn, Tingting Gao, Marta Hovanesian, Elisabeth Hutchinson, Michelle Si-Ting Luo and Mercedes Samavi
The Morrison Foerster Privacy + Data Security team is unmatched in its ability to provide creative and practical advice concerning all stages of the information life cycle, from counseling on compliance with complex privacy laws, to resolving breach situations, to litigating privacy and data security
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January 07, 2021 - Coronavirus (COVID-19), Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics, Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), Product Liability, MDL, Consumer Products, Class Action, Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), CPSC
How 2020 Changed Product Liability — And What's Next
By: Erin M. Bosman, Julie Y. Park and Alexandra Preece Barlow
Erin Bosman, Julie Park, and Alexandra Preece authored an article for Law360 discussing how product liability regulation and litigation changed in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as upcoming trends. “In a year dominated by the pandemic and political
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March 25, 2020 - Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics
Steering Ahead: NHTSA Looks to Modernize Rules for Automated Driving Systems
By: Claudia M. Vetesi
Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) steered into a new direction that may accelerate the development of self-driving technologies. The DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), in an effort to modernize Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (“FMVSS”), issued a notice of
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October 10, 2018 - Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics, Product Liability, Consumer Products
U.S. DOT Revamps Federal Guidance on Automated Vehicle Development and Rollout
By: Erin M. Bosman
Updating and building on guidance issued one year ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation published a new federal guidance document entitled Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (“AV 3.0”). AV 3.0, released on October 4, 2018, incorporates extensive stakeholder feedback to
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March 05, 2018 - Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics, Product Liability, Consumer Products
Personal Delivery Devices (PDD): New Transportation Frontiers Emerge for Autonomous Vehicle Rulemakers
By: Tessa J. Schwartz
With regulatory frameworks around autonomous vehicles (AVs) under development at the federal, state, and local levels, new autonomous technology frontiers are emerging for rulemakers. The latest is personal delivery devices (PDDs) – essentially small autonomous vehicles designed primarily for last-mile logistics using sidewalks and
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March 01, 2018 - Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics, Product Liability, Consumer Products
California Opens the Road to Fully Driverless Cars; Federal Policymaking Slowly Rolls Forward
By: Tessa J. Schwartz
On February 26, 2018, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced new regulations allowing fully driverless cars to be tested on California roads as of April 2, 2018. The announcement culminates a multi-year process undertaken by DMV. The new regulations mark a significant
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