Rebecca Baden Chaney
Overview
Transportation, micromobility, consumer, and other product manufacturers lean on Rebecca Chaney’s keen understanding of the transportation and consumer product industries and the legal landscape to advance their businesses. Rebecca applies her commercial-focused product risk lens to represent product manufacturers facing litigation, commercial, and regulatory challenges.
Career & Education
- Syracuse University, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2006
- University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, magna cum laude, 2009
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Member, American Bar Association, Litigation and Young Lawyers Sections, Products Liability and Women in Products Liability Subsections
- Member, DRI, Product Liability Section
Described by clients as a ‘proven litigator and regulatory adviser.’
— Law360, 2021
Rebecca's Insights
Blog Post | 03.31.25
Client Alert | 12 min read | 03.19.25
Right To Repair – A Growing Trend for States Creating Compliance Challenges for Manufacturers
Blog Post | 03.12.25
DOT Reverses Course and Rescinds Policy Memos Related to Infrastructure Projects
Blog Post | 02.25.25
Representative Matters
- Representing leading Tier 1 automotive parts supplier in multiple disputes and litigation concerning defect and indemnity claims; representation includes favorable resolution of a dispute with claims valued in excess of $1 billion.
- Achieved and defended on appeal dismissal on the pleadings for a hotel door lock manufacturer in four consolidated putative class action lawsuits filed by hotels alleging that plaintiffs’ locks were “hackable.”
- Achieved and defended on appeal dismissal on the pleadings for an automotive manufacturer in a putative class action lawsuit alleging warranty, consumer protection and invasion of privacy claims on the grounds that plaintiffs’ vehicles were “hackable.”
- Achieved and defended on appeal dismissal on the pleadings for a smoke alarm manufacturer in a putative class action lawsuit alleging that the products were defective and deceptively advertised.
- Negotiated and supported a limited fund class action settlement to resolve more than 300 lawsuits asserted against a university following its loss of accreditation.
- Representing a medical device manufacturer in product liability litigation filed in multiple jurisdictions in the U.S.
- Achieved dismissal on forum non conveniens grounds of a U.S. component part manufacturer in MDL litigation arising from the crash of Air France Flight 447.
- Resolved successfully pre-suit litigation threatened against product manufacturer concerning marketing contract.
- Advised offshore wind project in potential litigation of force majeure clause.
- Prepared U.S. government contractor to defend breach of contract litigation following its termination of a subcontract.
Rebecca's Insights
Blog Post | 03.31.25
Client Alert | 12 min read | 03.19.25
Right To Repair – A Growing Trend for States Creating Compliance Challenges for Manufacturers
Blog Post | 03.12.25
DOT Reverses Course and Rescinds Policy Memos Related to Infrastructure Projects
Blog Post | 02.25.25
Insights
NHTSA Proposes Rule On Safe Deployment Of Self-Driving Vehicles
|05.01.21
The Journal Of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law
NHTSA Continues Its Focus on Advancing Autonomous Vehicle Technologies
|01.01.21
Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law
Transportation – The March to Digital Mobility
|02.26.20
Crowell & Moring's Regulatory Forecast 2020
Seven Ways To Prepare Your Legal Department For The Fourth Industrial Revolution
|09.01.18
ACC Docket
Thomson Reuters Names 16 Crowell Lawyers as “Stand-out Lawyers”
|03.07.23
NHTSA Rulemaking Roundup: March 2025
|03.31.25
Crowell & Moring’s Transportation Law: Moving Forward
DOT Reverses Course and Rescinds Policy Memos Related to Infrastructure Projects
|03.12.25
Crowell & Moring’s Transportation Law: Moving Forward
NHTSA Rulemaking Roundup: February 2025
|02.25.25
Crowell & Moring’s Transportation Law: Moving Forward
DOT Announces Adjusted Civil Penalty Amounts
|01.28.25
Crowell & Moring’s Transportation Law: Moving Forward
NHTSA Rulemaking Roundup: January 2025
|01.28.25
Crowell & Moring’s Transportation Law: Moving Forward
Trump Administration’s Regulatory Freeze Memorandum Could Impact New AEB Rule
|01.27.25
Crowell & Moring’s Transportation Law: Moving Forward
CPSC Chair Hoehn-Saric Addresses Annual Product Safety Conference
|02.20.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
20 Miles Per Hour Divides NHTSA and CPSC Jurisdiction Over Micromobility Products
|08.19.20
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
U.S. Supreme Court: Shaping the Personal Jurisdiction Landscape in Product Liability Cases
|06.26.17
Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Update: Class Action Reform Bill Passes House 220-201
|03.17.17
Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Practices
Industries
Rebecca's Insights
Blog Post | 03.31.25
Client Alert | 12 min read | 03.19.25
Right To Repair – A Growing Trend for States Creating Compliance Challenges for Manufacturers
Blog Post | 03.12.25
DOT Reverses Course and Rescinds Policy Memos Related to Infrastructure Projects
Blog Post | 02.25.25