Congress Considers Right to Repair Bill for Vehicle Owners
Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to send the Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair (REPAIR) Act to the full U.S. House of Representatives for consideration. This legislation, if enacted, would give car owners access to their vehicle-generated data and repair data and tools from vehicle manufacturers. It would also grant owners certain rights over the use of that data, including the right to delete it, and would prevent recipients of vehicle-generated data from selling, transferring, or licensing that data absent certain exceptions. As indicated by its name, the REPAIR Act is reflective of the so-called “right to repair” movement to allow consumers and independent repair shops access to the same data for repair and maintenance that manufacturers make available to themselves or franchised dealers. It also has important implications for data privacy in modern vehicles, which generate increasingly large volumes of information.
Sidley Blockchain Bulletin – 2026 Business, Legal and Regulatory Outlook
Blockchain technology and asset tokenization are moving beyond proof-of-concept use cases to production-scale systems, requiring businesses and regulators to confront questions that are no longer theoretical. As institutional adoption expands and rulemaking, enforcement, and litigation accelerate across jurisdictions, the legal consequences of how these technologies are structured, deployed, and governed have become more immediate and more complex.
The UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: Implications For Financial Services
The new UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 came into force on June 19. Applying in phases through June 2026, the Act will reform, in part, how the UK regulates personal and non-personal data.
EU Consults on Digital Fairness Act: Big Changes Ahead for Consumer-Facing Platforms
The European Commission (Commission) has launched a public consultation on a proposed new law — the Digital Fairness Act (DFA) — aimed at strengthening consumer protection in digital markets. The goal is to fill perceived regulatory “gaps” left by recent EU digital regulations, including the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA).
EU Reaches Historical Agreement on AI Act
On 8 December 2023 — following three days of lengthy and intensive negotiations — EU legislators reached political agreement on the world’s first stand-alone law regulating AI: the EU’s AI Act. The EU considers the AI Act as one of its key pieces of legislation and fundamental to ensuring the EU becomes the world’s leading digital economy.
New UK Digital Markets Regime: Key Differences With the EU Digital Markets Act
On April 25, 2023, the UK government published the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the UK Bill). The Bill proposes wide-ranging reforms to UK competition and consumer law, including obligations for digital platforms designated with so-called “strategic market status” (SMS).
