February 13, 2025
A Boston federal judge's dismissal of an auto industry group's challenge to a Massachusetts vehicle telematics data law centered on a limited interpretation of the statute's reach and the lack of a clear conflict with federal laws, according to an order unsealed Thursday explaining the decision.
February 11, 2025
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday tossed what was left of a long-running suit filed by major automakers seeking to block a Bay State law requiring vehicle manufacturers to provide open access to telematics systems.
February 04, 2025
The stagnated four-year battle over a Massachusetts law requiring vehicle manufacturers to provide open access to vehicle telematics software saw its final salvos Tuesday as attorneys for an automotive industry group and the state clashed over the merits of the federal preemption case.
January 07, 2025
A long-stalled fight over Massachusetts' expanded "right to repair" law requiring open access to vehicle telematics software appears to be on a fast track after a new judge took over the case and said Tuesday she plans to rule in the near future.
August 23, 2023
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reversed course on Massachusetts' "right to repair" law and now says it's OK for automakers to comply with it, after originally warning them not to over fears that some of its requirements would leave cars vulnerable to cyberattacks.
June 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that Massachusetts' expanded right-to-repair law requiring open access to vehicle systems conflicts with federal automotive safety laws, aligning the government with automakers that challenged the law as irreconcilable with federal requirements.
May 30, 2023
The Boston federal judge overseeing an auto industry challenge to Massachusetts' expanded "right to repair" law on Monday declined an eleventh-hour effort to stop enforcement of the law and expressed skepticism of the lawsuit's central preemption claims.
May 26, 2023
A group of carmakers is asking a Boston federal judge to block the implementation of Massachusetts' expanded "right-to-repair" law ahead of the attorney general's planned June 1 kickoff while the parties wait out a decision in the long-stalled suit.
March 08, 2023
Massachusetts' attorney general told a federal judge Tuesday that she will begin to enforce an expanded version of the state's "right to repair" law on June 1 amid an ongoing auto industry suit seeking to block it and numerous delays in issuing a ruling.
July 01, 2022
A federal judge for the sixth time delayed ruling on Massachusetts' expanded "right to repair" law Friday, citing the need to consider the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision restricting the government's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and "unforeseen" scheduling issues ahead of the holiday weekend.