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This work explores the landmark legal cases that have shaped the modern automotive industry, including a wide range of pivotal issues, from product liability and antitrust to corporate governance and employment law. Among the cases presented by legal experts are MacPherson v. Buick, which established the principle of product liability without the need for contractual privity, and the infamous Ford Pinto litigation, which highlighted corporate negligence and product liability. The book also covers antitrust violations such as the Auto-Parts Cartel, governance disputes like Dodge v. Ford Motor Company, and contemporary challenges relating to vehicle cybersecurity and the legal classification of ridesharing drivers. Each case study includes its impact on the industry as well as its broader legal implications, offering insights into automotive law for practitioners, scholars and general readers hoping to gain a deeper understanding of how law has defined the automotive world.

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Possessing more than 25 years of cross-border automotive legal experience, Kevin M. McDonald has also published extensively in both the English and German languages on a wide range of international and domestic legal matters affecting the auto industry. A member of the American Law Institute and the Society of Automotive Historians, he has also taught consumer law most recently at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri. He lives in Aldie, Virginia. John R. Trentacosta has been involved in drafting and litigating contracts commonly used in the manufacturing and automotive industries for more than 40 years. He is an experienced trial lawyer with multiple trials involving multi-million-dollar disputes. He is also a regular guest lecturer at national and international universities on the topic of legal issues in the manufacturing supply chain. After 42 years of practicing law, he recently retired from Foley & Lardner LLP and lives in Northville, Michigan.

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