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I continue to be interested in the ways technology is changing the way we get around. In previous blog posts I’ve discussed ride-sharing apps as well as Google’s driverless vehicle. While new technologies have made these innovations possible, I fear that old-fashioned concepts of liability and insurance are not being fully considered by the...

Within the last few years, Utah’s Rules of Civil Procedure have undergone a major face lift. The main idea behind the changes was to provide some “proportionality” in the way cases are litigated. So, the amount of discovery and time spent on a case should be commensurate with the value of the case. If...

Today NPR reported on the issue of who’s liable when a driverless car is involved in an accident. The NRP story touches on a lot of the issues that I mentioned in my previous blog post. It’s a good story and adds some perspective to what I have already disucssed. If you have a...

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For me, Google’s driverless car is a fascinating topic. It brings up questions of safety, liability, convenience, insurance, and the future of how we will get around. There’s a great (and short) TED Talk by Sebastian Thrun about the driverless car. He is director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab and he helped build...