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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 [...]

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 [...]

Even if a legal professional may be lucky enough to speak with a client in the native language of the client, the attorney tends to use a special set of words unique to the profession. Let me [...]

Other than discouraging  drivers from attending a strip club, most of trucking companies would not be concerned that their drivers have anything in common with exotic dangers. Yet in recent [...]

As a trial lawyer, I take the word “versus”  for granted. It has been in  every caption of every case that I have ever been involved. Sadly, it has become more than [...]

Completely off topic from trucking defense, but still associated with employee management, I thought I would share some of the best excuses for tardiness anticipating so lame excuse for tardiness [...]

Although I cannot go into detail, I was recently contacted  about a possible insurance fraud investigation.  In the defense arena, this is an area that we are constantly [...]

“It seems like the same lawyers are the ones filing frivolous lawsuits over and over, and judges are not enforcing the sanctions available to discourage this practice.” Louisiana Code [...]