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Maine Attorney General Convenes Working Group to Recommend Standards to Implement Right to Repair Law - Seyfarth's Future of...

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The Maine Attorney General’s Office recently announced that it has convened an 11-person working group of industry stakeholders to develop recommendations for legislation to establish an entity with rulemaking and enforcement...more

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OEMs Face New Uncertainty on Right to Repair in Maine While Massachusetts Court Continues to Delay Ruling - Seyfarth's Future of...

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Trade associations representing independent repair facilities have become strong advocates for expanding right to repair laws to increase member access to vehicle telematics data. These efforts have created uncertainty for...more

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Mobility@McDermott: Monthly Update (11/2023)

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1. Proposal for EU directive for right to repair no longer covering motor vehicles - The European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee has voted on a draft report on the proposed EU directive...more

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Quebec Adopts New "Right to Repair" and Obsolescence Law

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The Québec government recently adopted Bill 29, an Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods (the Act), which introduces several substantive...more

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Court Refuses Request for Temporary Restraining Order Barring Enforcement of Right to Repair Law Pending Decision in Case

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The Massachusetts federal judge in the Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Attorney General action denied today a motion for a temporary restraining order seeking to enjoin the Massachusetts Attorney General’s forthcoming...more

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Twenty-Seven AGs Ask Congress to Pass Right-to-Repair Legislation

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On March 24, a bipartisan group of 27 state attorneys general sent a letter to Congress, encouraging the passage of “right-to-repair” legislation to establish and secure a competitive marketplace for repairing vehicles,...more

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Massachusetts AG Gives Notice: Right to Repair Law Enforcement Starts June 1, 2023

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Newly-elected Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell gave notice this week that effective June 1, 2023 her office intends to begin enforcing amendments to the state’s Right to Repair Law. The amendments,...more

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OEMs Will Have To Wait Another Month for Decision In Massachusetts Right to Repair Case

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On March 8, 2022, the Massachusetts federal court in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healy issued a procedural order informing the parties that the court would need another month to issue a decision on a challenge...more

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Litigation Over Massachusetts’ “Right to Repair” Law Continues

As we previously wrote, in November, Ballot Question 1 in Massachusetts was passed, which requires car manufacturers that sell cars equipped with telematics systems (i.e., a method of monitoring a vehicle by combining a GPS...more

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Recent Developments in the “Right to Repair” Movement

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MOTOR VEHICLES - In 2020, Massachusetts voters considered “Question 1” in their state election which sought to amend a 2012 Right to Repair law requiring automakers to expand access to mechanical and electronic repair...more

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Judge and Parties Wrestle With Thorny Legal Questions In Round 1 of Closing Arguments in Massachusetts Right to Repair Trial

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On Friday, June 25, 2021, a Massachusetts federal district court held the first of two closing arguments in Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healey, a case involving a motor vehicle manufacturer trade association’s...more

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Manufacturers Challenge Massachusetts Law Requiring Changes to Vehicle Telematics Systems

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With the effective date looming for changes to Massachusetts law that will require automobile manufacturers to make significant changes to telematics systems, a trade association representing OEMs on Tuesday, December 1,...more

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Massachusetts Ballot Initiative Raises Privacy and Data Security Concerns for Connected Devices

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On November 3, Massachusetts voters approved the adoption of a ballot measure amending state law to require auto manufacturers to facilitate access to and sharing of an expanded set of user data with independent repair shops....more

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A Look Under the Hood: Massachusetts Updates Its Vehicle Right to Repair Law

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On November 3, 2020, Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly voted "yes" on Question 1 of the State Election Ballot, thereby approving the Initiative Law to Enhance, Update and Protect the 2013 Motor Vehicle Right to Repair Law...more

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Mass. Voters Expand Right to Repair Law: Is Past Prologue Or Will OEMs Be Forced To Fight Back?

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Massachusetts voters on November 3, 2020 overwhelmingly approved Question One, a ballot initiative amending the state’s Right to Repair Law. Beginning with “model year 2022,” manufacturers who use a telematics system in their...more

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Massachusetts Voters To Decide Whether OEMs Must Design Cars To Share Telematics Data

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On November 3, 2020, Massachusetts voters will go to the polls for the second time in less than a decade to consider a “Right to Repair” ballot initiative. Question One would amend Massachusetts law to force auto...more

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