Trucking Resources

Trucking Newsletter Fall 2022
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  • More Villainization Of The Trucking Company: What McQueen Means For The Trucking Defense
  • Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t!! The Paradox of Technology and Distracted Driving.
  • Brokers’ Long Road To Avoiding Liability

Trucking Newsletter Spring 2022
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  • New Tech, New Parties? The Effect Of Collision Avoidance Technology On Trucking Litigation
  • The When, Where, and Why of Personal Conveyance
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Juries in Trucking Litigation

Trucking Newsletter Fall 2020
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  • The Infestation of the Trucking Industry: Lawyers, Snakes, and Politicians
  • You Only Have How Much Insurance?! Prove It – I Need To Depose Your Insurance Broker!
  • Kill the Reptile Before It Hatches: Protective Orders to Preclude/Limit Reptile Theory Questioning

Trucking Newsletter Winter 2019-2020
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  • FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse Goes Live
  • Federal Preemption of Broker Liability Claims
  • Avoid The Pitfalls Of Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions

Trucking Newsletter Summer 2019
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  • Should the Motor Carrier Be Left Holding the Bag When the Collision Mitigation System Fails?
  • Reverse Reptile: The Defendants’ Counter-Revolution
  • Keep on Trucking – Navigating the Potential Potholes of Medical Marijuana in Missouri and Illinois

Trucking Newsletter Fall 2018
• • Preparing for E-Discovery 101
  • Avoiding the Pitfalls of Records Retention in the ESI Era
  • Next Batter Up: Trucking Litigants and the Impact of Electronically Stored Information

Trucking Newsletter Winter 2017
• • Preparing the Corp. Representative for Dep: Fed. Rule 30(b)(6) Can Make the Case
  • Recent Challenges to the Use of Hair Follicle Drug Testing
  • Supreme Court Taps the Brakes on Personal Jurisdiction

Trucking Newsletter Spring 2017
• • Recent Winnebago County Trucking Case Awards Plaintiff Record Verdict
  • Anticipate the Fight: Punitive Damages Claims in Trucking Litigation
  • Self-driving Trucks aren’t the Stuff of Science Fiction Anymore
  • Owner-Operators: Employees or Independent Contractors under the Illinois Workers Compensation Act?
  • Age of the Hashtag: Social Media in Trucking Cases

Trucking Newsletter Fall 2016
• • Case Study: Parker v. Crete Carrier Corporation
  • How to Keep “Preventable Accident” Determinations From Being Admitted Into Evidence at Trial
  • You Are What You Ship: The Impact of FDA Final Rules on Freight Broker Responsibilities
  • The Motor Carrier Overtime Exemptions: The Importance of Proper Employee Classification

Trucking Newsletter Spring 2016
• • Electronic Log Devices
  • ELDs and Their Impact on Punitive Damages Claims
  • FMCSA Proposed Rulemaking: Changing Safety Measurement System to Safety Fitness Determination
  • Beware of Coercion—New Anti-Coercion Rule Effective as of January 29, 2016

Trucking Newsletter Summer 2015
• • Introduction
  • The Truck Driver: A Cornerstone of the Defense
  • Preparing the Truck Driver for His Deposition
  • Right on Paper But Wrong in the Body: "Off Duty & On Duty" Discussion from the Eyes of a Litigator
  • A Driver Shortage With No End In Sight

Trucking Newsletter Spring 2015
• • Introduction
  • Company Websites and the Internet: Choose Your Words with Care
  • Venue: A Key Factor in Trucking Litigation
  • Personal Jurisdiction Has Some Teeth
  • Illinois Appellate Court Erodes the "Unavoidable Collision" Doctrine

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