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Earlier this week, US Customs and Border Protection announced that registration for the 2017 East Coast Trade Symposium will open on Thursday, October 26th at 12:00 pm EST.

In the midst of a tense political climate, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced his retirement today in a poignant speech on the Senate floor, making him the second Republican senator to make such an announcement in recent weeks.

Foreign markets are top-of-mind for automakers, and neither the market nor the auto brands are being shy about it.

Have we mentioned that everyone is getting together over self-driving cars? In a $450 million transaction, Delphi Automotive will buy self-driving software startup nuTonomy to accelerate their commercial autonomous rollout.

Gotta love a good survey. According to Edmunds, consumers are ready to spend on early-stage automotive autonomy technology even if they’re still unsure about fully self-driving cars.

Following in the steps of Maryland and Nevada, California just adopted a comprehensive drug pricing transparency law that will have a significant impact on the pharmaceutical industry, particularly on drug manufacturers. n

The First Circuit issued a decision holding that the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors appointed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s Title III debt adjustment case has an unrestricted right to intervene in an associated adversary proceeding.

Representative Pat Tiberi (R-OH) is the seventh GOP Congressman on the House Ways and Means Committee to announce retirement in recent months. According to the article, there are two possible explanations for the recently announced departures.

It seems like cartels are not just popular on Netflix these days. In documentary-worthy drama, EU authorities raided BMW headquarters to investigate an alleged cartel among German automakers.

Representative Pat Tiberi (R-OH) is the most recent Republican who has announced he will not seek another term and will instead move to the private sector. He is the seventh member of the House Ways and Means Committee to make such an announcement, with four (including Tiberi) retiring and three lea

The diesel scandal is not a failure on the part of individual companies, but rather the result of collusion among German automakers that lasted for years.

No need to spell it out if you can just use Alphabet. The Big G’s CapitalG investment fund helped Lyft raise $1 billion in new funds. With the latest boosts, Lyft says its valuation has increased from $7.5 billion to $11 billion.

Though not a national holiday, it is significant that the designation of the first Friday in October as “Manufacturing Day” resulted from bi-partisan resolutions in both houses of Congress as recognition of the contribution that US manufacturing makes to the economy. 

On January 13, 2017, we announced that the Obama Administration had issued a general license allowing most transactions between US persons and the country of Sudan.

On October 15, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the “Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017.”

When the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard was signed into law last year, it represented the culmination of an extended period of regulatory and legislative activity on food labeling issues.

Self-driving technology isn’t just about the four wheels. In a new study by Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum, urban sprawl is a concern in how autonomous cars will change the composition of cities.

On October 11, New York attorney Cesar Francia was featured in #NBCLatino20 which honors achievers who strive to make our communities and our nation a better place.

The US Department of Agriculture needs to strengthen its controls over the approval and oversight of agreements for the import of organic products into the US, according to a recent audit report issued by the Office of the Inspector General at USDA.

And they’re not products of the Detroit Three. Two self-driving electric shuttles, developed by Ann Arbor-based startup May Mobility, were the first commercial autonomous shuttles to ferry passengers within the city of Detroit.

California is getting ready for a Flintstones-Jetsons-like change. The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles recently published proposed rules to regulate self-driving cars once “everyday people” eventually use the technology.

Arent Fox LLP recently served as outside counsel to Rakuten Inc. in a multi-year partnership with the Golden State Warriors and the National Basketball Association.

The food industry potentially faces a new challenge on disclosure at the local level with the recent passage of a San Francisco ordinance addressing antibiotic use.

The biggest automakers in the world are being forced to follow Beijing’s lead as China takes steps to dominate in electric vehicles and technology.