On April 29, 2018, Sprint and T-Mobile announced an agreement to merge the two companies. Though this is exciting news, we have been here before. On-and-off discussions between Sprint and T-Mobile have been ongoing for over four years. The most recent set of discussions took place in the fall of 2017. However, on November 4,…
Author: Justin Lauria-Banta
Uber-Waymo Settlement
The Uber-Waymo1 trade secret dispute was one of the biggest intellectual property disputes of the last few years, with overarching ramifications for the race to bring autonomous driving technology to market. In the summer of 2015, it was reported that Anthony Levandowski, a self-driving-car engineer, began asking other Google employees to join him at…
The Legislative and Regulatory Landscape of Autonomous Vehicles
As car manufacturers and technology companies forge ahead with their plans to implement autonomous driving technology, it is important they consider the legislative and regulatory landscape. These entities are in uncertain territory because the current regulatory structure does not closely align with autonomous driving.1 On the federal level, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)…