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Husch Blackwell LLP

Autonomous Trucking Developments: AVs Continue to Expand Freight Operations

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On July 30, 2025, Aurora Innovation, an autonomous vehicle (AV) technology company, announced that it has commenced full driverless nighttime operations on its Dallas-to-Houston freight lane, expanding its autonomous trucking...more

Adams & Reese

A Piece of the MOSAIC: Simplified Flight Controls for Light Sport Aircraft and Beyond

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It’s the stuff of science fiction: walk out to your airplane, strap in, and, instead of a control wheel and assortment of dials and levers, you are presented with a slender device resembling an iPad. Touch “takeoff” on the...more

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CES 2023 Highlights – Technology Continues to Shine

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The energy and excitement have not worn off from our attendance at CES 2023 in Las Vegas at the start of the year. With no shortage of innovative technologies on display from the world's leading companies and up-and-coming...more

White & Case LLP

Q2 PE dealmaking fails to live up to record 2021

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In line with the global M&A trend, global private equity (PE) activity in Q2 continued to compare unfavorably to a blockbuster 2021. A total of US$429.4 billion in PE deals were announced in the three-month period—a 14%...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Developing Autonomous Vehicles -- Will Slow and Steady Win the Race?

Advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, have flooded the car market in recent years, giving automobiles the technological wherewithal to decrease operator error during dangerous situations on the road. ADAS work to...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

What is the Future of Driverless Vehicles? -- Trains, Planes and Automobiles

Safety First for Automated Driving (SaFAD), a 146-page whitepaper authored by 11 companies from both the automobile and technology industries, has been published. Because the document is the first of its kind, it already has...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Driverless Future Isn't Disrupting Industries and Jobs… Yet

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John Stuart Mill once said that “[e]very great movement must experience three stages: Ridicule, discussion, adoption”. What matters to modern industry stakeholders isn’t how they approach each of these stages, but how...more

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NHTSA Automated Vehicle Guidance 3.0 – Promote Autonomous Vehicles/Muddy the Way for Connected Vehicles and Infrastructure

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NHTSA just published the third iteration of its policy/guidance for automated vehicles. The focus of the guidance continues to evolve. In its initial form, the most significant focus of the guidance was on the safe...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Self-Driving Cars: Are You In or Out?

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Autonomous vehicle testing and development continues to accelerate. Problems and setbacks, however, have delayed technology advancement and assessment, and influenced public perception of this new transportation mechanism....more

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Fatal Accident Put Autonomous Vehicle Programs Under Scrutiny

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High profile accidents related to autonomous vehicles are impacting the planned expansion of existing autonomous vehicle pilot programs. In 2016, a driver in Florida died while using autopilot mode on his vehicle...more

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