Automotive and emobility

Autonomous Vehicles – Canada’s Current Legal Framework: Liability in Motor Vehicle Accidents

Imran Ahmad — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:59:21 Z

The arrival of autonomous vehicles in Canada will raise a number of liability-related questions that touch on the areas of owner liability, product liability, and auto insurance. In this post, we discuss the allocation of liability in incidents involving AVs and the future of auto insurance.

Absence of evidence stalls misleading advertising class action

Randy Sutton, Maya Angenot, Vincent Rochette, Lara Mason — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:37:00 Z

The recent dismissal of a class action against Ford confirms the utility of summary judgment motions in class actions, particularly when the evidence advanced to support the plaintiffs’ claims was found by the court to be insufficient and contrary to common sense.

EU Vehicle Data Consultation and the evolving EU regulatory landscape for connected vehicles

Jay Modrall — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:41:16 Z

In the coming years, data collected by vehicles will be subject to a new EU regulatory regime consisting of horizontal rules applicable across many industries and vertical rules designed specifically for the automotive sector. In February 2022, the EU Commission adopted a proposal for a new Data Act, which sets out overall principles for data access to connected products, introducing user rights to access and share data, contractual principles for business-to-business data exchange, and switching principles for cloud services. However, according to the Commission, the Data Act may not go into sufficient detail for the provision of data-dependent services in the automotive sector.

Autonomous Vehicles: The UK Law Commissions’ Third Consultation

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:14:10 Z

The Law Commission of England & Wales and the Scottish Law Commission (together, the Commissions) have jointly launched their third consultation paper on the regulatory framework for automated vehicles.