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Videocast: Automated Transportation’s Legal and Ethical Risks

As currently written, our laws are not well-equipped to handle the increase in automated vehicles on the road. Moreover, the law and ethics often differ, and doing the safe thing on the road could cause a human to drive illegally. Would an autonomous vehicle drive faster than the speed limit if it needed to, drive at all if a loose gas cap turned on a check engine light, or execute the...

Videocast: Cybersecurity and IP Issues with Internet of Things Devices in Autonomous Vehicles

Automated driving is not coming – it’s here. The entire automotive industry is implementing strategies, tools and technologies to not only allow the car to drive, but to operate using Internet of Things devices. In their videocast, Cybersecurity and IP Issues with Internet of Things Devices in Autonomous Vehicles, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Partners Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik and Griff...

Videocast: Insurance and Automated Transportation

The question isn’t whether automated technology will impact the auto insurance industry, but how big that disruption will be and when that disruption will happen. In their videocast, Insurance and Automated Transportation, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Partner Kymberly Kochis and Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Partner Fabian Volz discuss numerous ways the insurance industry...

Videocast: The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Autonomous Vehicles and Beyond

Companies and consumers need to truly understand the impact of embracing artificial intelligence, including that the rate of auto-related deaths will be lowered drastically, how our overall transportation, commerce and quality of life will be improve and that AI is a reality today and will become far more advanced with each passing year.  These issues are discussed in The Future of...

Transportation Disrupted: Artificial Intelligence in the Driver’s Seat

On May 3, 2017, Eversheds Sutherland hosted a symposium on the future of automated vehicles.  Topics included the legal and ethical risks, the insurance implications, and the data and IP issues arising from the shift to automated technology and the connected car. The conference opened with remarks by Vinn White, the former Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.  Mr. White set...

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