Despite all the ways driverless cars will make our roads safer, less congested and more accessible, at the moment the biggest roadblock, ironically, seems to be a government agency tasked with keeping our roads safe.

As scores of Los Angeles-area residents, many of them blind or disabled, lined up Tuesday to urge the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) to allow completely self-driving cars, The Scali Law Firm’s autonomous vehicle expert, John Swenson, urged officials not to stand in the way of progress.

A recent California case is a win for employers that calculate overtime on flat bonuses per the federal formula notwithstanding a different, employee-friendly DLSE formula.

With the New Year comes a host of new obligations for businesses—from employee time-off regulations and workers’ compensation benefits, to consumer protection and electronic communication privacy laws. Attorneys at The Scali Law Firm have compiled the highlights in this article to help you understand the changes that lie ahead.

You'll find this article by The Scali Law Firm in the December issue of West Coast Dealer, a publication of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association.

The Scali Law Firm’s Christian J. Scali and Gus N. Paras are certified as Corporate Compliance and Ethics Professionals (CCEP) with the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. As CCEPs, Mr. Scali and Mr. Paras assist dealer groups in creating, adopting and implementing corporate compliance and ethics programs that merge best practices in advertising, employment and human resources, OSHA/safety, F&I and privacy into a comprehensive compliance program to effectively manage risk, whether it be governmental regulatory enforcement or civil liability.

A recent study from IHS predicted 54 million self-driving cars will be in use globally by 2035. By 2050, the report predicts, nearly all cars in use will be self-driving. In this article, originaly published in Law360, The Scali Law Firm's John Swenson explores this revolution taking place in automotive transportation.

Christian Scali and Dominique Nasr contributed to the Celly Services, Inc. blog, which covers EPA and OSHA regulations for auto dealers. Read the article to learn about employers' obligations regarding their employees' footware.

Don't miss this article by The Scali Law Firm attorneys, Robert D. Daniels and Gus N. Paras, originally published in Automotive Buy Sell Report.

This article, by Christian Scali, in the California New Car Dealers Association's fall edition of DRIVEN provides a primer on the basics of advertising compliance in the digital space with some answers to more advanced and frequently asked compliance questions concerning digital marketing and advertising.