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Straight Talks: Autonomous regulations around the world
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Key point: The California legislature is considering more than 20 AI-related private sector bills....more
In mid-February, Trump nominated Wayne Palmer to lead the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and David Keeling to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). While these nominees have been...more
This week we are attending the ABA Occupational Safety and Health Law Meeting in Rancho Mirage, California. The meeting includes representatives from management, labor, and safety professionals, some who previously worked in...more
In 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) significantly invested in reorganizing its internal infrastructure and enhancing operations. These efforts aimed to address the complexities of a global supply chain, rapid...more
The Fox Rothschild aviation team would like to thank the hundreds of aviation professionals who joined us for our 21st annual aviation symposium. As always, the all-star panels had an unrestrained discussion of the key...more
As we look ahead to 2025, several key areas within the real estate sector are poised to see an uptick in disputes. This report outlines ten pressing issues that property owners, occupiers, developers and investors should be...more
Consistent with the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which provides for the annual increase in penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by the previous year’s rate of inflation, the maximum OSHA penalties for...more
Welcome to The On-Ramp, the newsletter published by Venable's Autonomous and Connected Mobility Team. The On-Ramp explores legal and policy developments in the world of autonomous and connected vehicles, smart infrastructure,...more
On the heels of California’s new indoor heat illness prevention standard becoming effective, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced a proposed national heat and injury illness prevention...more
Introduction - Fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) do not yet exist, and similarly, federal statutes and regulations to oversee AVs, also do not exist. What has resulted is a plethora of state statutes attempting to oversee AVs,...more
At long last and at the tail-end of what is on track to be the hottest summer on record, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its first proposed heat standard on August 30, 2024. OSHA's Notice of...more
Illinois has established a comprehensive regulatory framework for the development of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects. The state's legislature has passed Senate Bill 1289, also known as the SAFE CCS Act, which...more
On 7 December 2023, the Commission tabled three legislative proposals (the “Proposal(s)”) to implement the "One-substance-one-assessment" (“OSOA”) announced in the European Green Deal and the Chemicals Strategy for...more
Day 1: The Bletchley Declaration - On the first day of the summit, 28 countries and the EU signed the Bletchley Declaration (“Declaration”). The Declaration establishes an internationally shared understanding of the risks...more
Since the major fire event at Grenfell Tower in June 2017, a significant period of cultural and professional change has occurred within the construction industry in regard to fire safety. During this period, we have seen the...more
The NYC Fire Department has attributed the cause of many recent fires, some fatal, to overheating lithium-ion batteries (“LIBs”) used in e-bikes and similar electrically powered personal conveyances (generally, “e-bikes”)....more
On June 24, 2021, we witnessed one of the most disturbing events in recent memory. A residential condominium building in Surfside partially collapsed overnight leaving 98 people dead and the surviving residents without a...more
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a Notice of Request for Comment regarding upgrades to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) on March 9, 2022. The notice discusses how NCAP can address...more
On December 22, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) issued a proposed rule regarding workplace safety committees under the HERO Act. As we have previously reported, the HERO Act requires all employers in...more
This report helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - GM anticipates that none of its North American plants will have full...more
An Urban Air Mobility (UAM) company, Wisk, announced its new partnership with NASA to assist with safely integrating autonomous aircraft systems at a national level. Wisk joins NASA as part of NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility...more
The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that a form of self-driving technology could be lawful on UK roads for the first time by the end of 2021. The technology enables drivers to hand over control of the...more
During the Trump administration, the number of consumer product safety recalls fell for three years in a row. When Robert Adler became Acting Chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2019, he compared...more
This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that on April 21, 2021, the final rules for remote identification (ID) of drones and flights over people and at night will go into effect....more
On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final guidance outlining the Safer Technologies Program (STeP) for Medical Devices: a voluntary program for medical devices and device-led...more