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I post periodically on LinkedIn in an ongoing blog about “expectations of….” Recently, I started what I hope to be a dialogue about “finding your purpose” using some [...]

Suppose a driver said she was coming from a certain direction, but you question if it’s  true. Is there a way to analyze the cellphone GPS data to determine where she was coming from before [...]

Like many of my peers in defending trucking companies, I am often called upon to oversee the investigation of catastrophic accidents. I doing so, I retain the experts and field adjusters to [...]

This federal statute was implemented on October 1, 2013.   The section of the statute most important for discussion here is 49 USC §14916. Whereas, prior to passage of this statute, entities [...]

As you may know, I started my legal career as a prosecutor. I literally tried hundreds of  bench trial and scores of jury trials. In five years as a prosecutor, I was fortunate to have tried more [...]

Curious? Have you ever requested sanctions for a frivolous lawsuit or meritless defenses?   In Louisiana, the  Code of Civil Procedure article 863(B)(1)  states that no pleading should be [...]

You have a driver delivering a load, but he is about to use up his hours of service. He drops his load, unhitches the trailer and take the tractor on personal mission. In route on the personal [...]

Our firm would like to depose some of the doctors at the VA who treated a veteran. When contact was made with the VA hospital to get the dates when those doctors were available, the VA informed [...]

“The Impact of Sperl” posted on this blog in March 2012 remains one of the most viewed posts. Undoubtedly the impact of the Sperl decision of over $23 million against of the largest, [...]

The following is just another case (one of the most recent in Louisiana federal courts) on the issue: Are a plaintiff’s Facebook pictures discoverable when they are asserting a personal injury [...]