This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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Full-year 2023 U.S. new light-vehicle sales reached approximately 15.5...more
1/10/2024
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Full-year 2023 U.S. new light-vehicle sales are expected to reach 15.5 million units, and increase to 15.9 million units in 2024, according to projections from S&P Global Mobility. Global light-vehicle...more
12/20/2023
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This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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Foley & Lardner partner Ann Marie Uetz is quoted in the Supply Chain...more
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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Labor negotiations between the UAW and Detroit Three automakers...more
11/27/2023
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This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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Foley & Lardner partner Vanessa Miller and retired partner John...more
11/9/2023
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This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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On October 24, UAW President Shawn Fain abruptly called for a strike...more
10/25/2023
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United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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Foley & Lardner LLP partner Ann Marie Uetz appeared on CNBC’s ‘Power...more
10/11/2023
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This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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Foley & Lardner LLP provided a recap of critical business and legal...more
9/27/2023
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This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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Foley & Lardner will host a half-day Automotive Forum on Wednesday,...more
9/13/2023
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The United Auto Workers (UAW) Union’s contracts with General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis are set to expire on September 14, 2023. Concerns are growing among the automotive supply base about the impact of a walkout by UAW...more
This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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U.S. new light-vehicle sales reached 1.3 million units in July,...more
8/10/2023
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This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities -
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Foley & Lardner partner Vanessa Miller is quoted in the Law360...more
7/26/2023
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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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Labor Relations ,
Lithium Batteries ,
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Motor Vehicles ,
National Emissions Standards ,
NHTSA ,
OEM ,
Renewable Fuel ,
UAW
Disruption in the automotive industry seems a near-constant force these days. The automotive supply chain continues to suffer hangover challenges from the pandemic (including raw materials shortages and increased labor...more
This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities...more
In 2022, automotive suppliers face many of the same issues that have bedeviled the industry throughout 2021, as well as a host of all-new challenges. Unfortunately, as with many aspects of pre-pandemic life, the relative...more
3/17/2022
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Final Rules ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
IMMEX ,
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Mexico ,
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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OEM ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
OMB ,
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U.S. Treasury ,
Vertical Mergers
This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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Although some feared a wave of pandemic-related Chapter 11 cases, the...more
1/12/2022
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This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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U.S. new light-vehicle sales in October are forecast to reach a SAAR...more
This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities.
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The latest “Car Wars” report from BofA predicts automakers will launch...more
6/16/2021
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As the economy has improved and unemployment has fallen in the nearly 10 years since the Great Recession, North American vehicle sales volumes have also steadily increased and the forecast remains strong for 2018. Bloomberg...more