Since the start of the year, voluntary recalls have led to early dismissals in several putative class action cases. Courts issuing these rulings have based their decision on one of two grounds: (1) the prudential mootness doctrine, and (2) lack of Article III standing.Continue Reading Recall Litigation Report: Voluntary Recalls Continue To Lead To Early Dismissal
Part of the challenge in considering these issues is that as things stand, there is limited understanding among consumers around what rights there are. “Consumers appreciate AI,” says Cheri Falvey, Partner, Crowell & Moring, “and in particular the ease with which navigational apps help guide them to their destination. Whether they appreciate how their data is accumulating and developing a record of their mobility patterns, and what their rights are in respect to that data, is another question.”
There is often little precedent for regulators to rely on when making new policy in this arena, so it’s a good time to create a proactive regulatory strategy that invites discussion and collaboration from the start
This is in part because it is not always clear when AI is at work. A driver may register when a car’s navigation system learns the way home, but won’t necessarily realise that data on how a car is driven is being collected for predictive maintenance purposes, or that their data is being fed into infrastructure networks to manage traffic flow.Continue Reading Automakers and Regulators Must Educate Consumers on Mobility AI