Christopher H. Grigorian

Jan 13, 2025 | natlawreview.com | Christopher H. Grigorian

On December 17, 2024, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA” or “Agency”) adopted a final rule to formalize its whistleblower program under the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act (Whistleblower Act).[1] Under the final rule, which adopts the April 14, 2023[2] proposed rule without significant changes, whistleblowers who share original information related to violations of NHTSA’s regulations could receive an award between 10% and 30% of any civil penalties over $1...

Nov 21, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Whitt Steineker |Christopher H. Grigorian |R. Nicholas Englund |Angela C. Bunnell

On November 7, 2024, the Commission Implementing Regulation 2024/2690 laying down rules for the application of the NIS2 Directive as regards technical and methodological requirements of cybersecurity risk-management measures and further specification of the cases in which an incident is considered to be significant with regard to certain digital service providers (the “Implementing Regulation”) entered into force.

Nov 21, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Christopher H. Grigorian

Through 2024, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA” or the “Agency”) continued its efforts to improve safety statistics and reduce the number of annual fatalities.

Nov 21, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Whitt Steineker |Christopher H. Grigorian |R. Nicholas Englund |John Goodman

On October 30, 2024, in Alternative Global One, LLC v. Feingold, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed a trial court’s orders denying a New Jersey litigant’s motion to quash a subpoena for his deposition in underlying Florida litigation to which he was not a party. This decision illustrates that a litigant, even a non-party, must do more than assert blanket, unsubstantiated objections to a subpoena ad testificandum. The appeal arose from a Florida litigation. In Alternative Global One, LLC v.

May 26, 2023 | natlawreview.com | Christopher H. Grigorian

While vehicle manufacturers continue to adopt technologies that make vehicles safer, the safety gains seen in the annual fatality statistics published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA” or the “Agency”) have plateaued and, since approximately 2015, the number of fatalities has risen. NHTSA estimates that nearly 43,000 people died in vehicle-related accidents in 2021, approximately 10% more than in 2020.