By December 9, 2026, all EU Member States must update their product liability laws to align with the (new) Product Liability Directive (EU) 2024/2853 (“PLD”). The PLD imposes liability on manufacturers of products (and other relevant parties) for harm caused by defective products, regardless of fault. The PLD modernizes the current EU product liability framework and renders the framework more claimant-friendly (see our previous blog post). It is expected to lead to an increase in claims, primarily as a result of the following changes:Continue Reading EU Member States Begin Rolling Out New Product Liability Rules
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The EU Considers Changing the EU AI Liability Directive into a Software Liability Regulation
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*** Update: Note that the EU AI Liability Directive has been withdrawn in the meantime.
Now that the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”) has entered into force, the EU institutions are turning their attention to the proposal for a directive on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (the so-called “AI Liability Directive”). Although the EU Parliament and the Council informally agreed on the text of the proposal in December 2023 (see our previous blog posts here and here), the text of the proposal is expected to change based on a complementary impact assessment published by the European Parliamentary Research Service on September 19.Continue Reading The EU Considers Changing the EU AI Liability Directive into a Software Liability Regulation