Intellectual property risks continue to evolve alongside rapid advances in automotive technology, particularly as software-defined vehicles and AI reshape how innovation is developed, protected, and commercialized. These developments, along with other key themes from Dykema’s 2026 Automotive Trends Report,
A D&O policy’s capacity exclusion bars coverage for claims alleging that an insured director or officer acted in a dual capacity for insured and uninsured entities, according to the Supreme Court of New Jersey’s ruling in Mist Pharmaceuticals, LLC v.
Strategic deals are defining the next generation of mobility. Dykema’s Automotive M&A team is at the center.
Cybersecurity and data privacy continue to rank among the most significant challenges facing the automotive industry in 2026 and will be among the topics explored at the Dykema Drives: Automotive Legal Summit on August 20. Drawing on insights from Dykema’s
Dykema’s 4th Annual Automotive Legal Summit is moving to Thursday, August 20, 2026, at M1 Concourse.
This year’s Summit brings together in-house legal counsel and corporate professionals across the automotive, transportation, and mobility industries for a program centered on crisis
The Current Landscape
Generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools are now widely used across the workforce, and the use is dual track, meaning employees are using AI to perform work, while employers are deploying AI-enabled tools to manage and make decisions
Takeaways
Paraphrasing Whitesnake, “Here we go again on our own!”
Michigan cannabis growers need no reminding that by this time last year, the Michigan House of Representatives had passed a road funding plan, and members were tripping over themselves to say
NOTE: After the publication of this post, Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced that it will have a second public hearing and comment period before finalizing its draft rules and sending them to the Legislature for review. CRA has not yet
Geopolitical tensions emerged as one of the fastest-growing supply-chain concerns in this year’s report, jumping 23 percentage points from last year to 52% among respondents. Combined with ongoing concerns surrounding semiconductor and critical mineral availability (30%), the findings reflect how