News & Reports
Future of federal regulations in wake of Supreme Court’s decisions
Tyson Fisher While most people are talking about the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision, the high court’s latest term included two decisions that have stripped a significant amount of power from federal agencies, dramatically reshaping the regulatory...
How Will AI Impact the Trucking Industry?
Michael McCareins Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly popular global topic. From February 2022 to February 2024, Google searches for “AI” rose by a staggering 1000%, highlighting a common interest in just how impactful AI can become and what the...
Trucking Attorneys Need to Get Aggressive, Expert Says
Plaintiff Lawyers Put Transportation Industry in Crosshairs of ‘Destructive Machine’ Eric Miller INDIANAPOLIS — Litigation psychologist Bill Kanasky has a few rather frank words of advice for truckers and their attorneys facing potential nuclear verdicts: Get in the...
Transportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last year
Jason Cannon A recent study conducted by data collection experts SOAX, utilizing data from the Identity Theft Resource Center on the number of data violation cases from 2020 to 2023 by industry, revealed the United States experienced a total of 3,205 data...
ATRI: Value of Risk and Safety Per Annual Operating Expense
Doug Marcello Why It Matters The value of safety and risk is not theoretical. ATRI’s Annual Operational Cost of Trucking Study quantifies its value and importance to the bottom line. And with anticipated premium increases, it is now more vital than ever to reduce risk...
How to mount an effective DataQs challenge
Todd Dills & Max Heine Clark Freight Lines, with 180 trucks, used to routinely file lots of DataQs RDRs (Requests for Data Review) but met with little success, said Vice President Danny Schnautz. He gave the example of a violation for an air leak that wasn’t in...
SAFETY AS AN INVESTMENT
Doug Marcello WHY IT MATTERS: Safety protects profits, not draining it as an expense burden many erroneously believe. WHAT’S THE PROBLEM: Too many view safety as just an expense. A burden. A drain. The folks in finance who live-and-die by the P & L statements,...
Why FMCSA keeps revoking ELDs, and how to tell if yours is next
Alex Lockie The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently revoked three electronic logging devices in a two-week span (One Plus ELD, ELD ONE and Nationwide ELD). Now, an ELD service provider is speaking up about what he feels has changed -- and possible...
An Overview of CSA Scores & Why They’re So Important
Drivewyze The topic of CSA scores often dominates conversations in the trucking industry, both with for-hire and private fleets. But what are CSA scores, and why do they hold such significant weight with truck drivers and trucking companies? In this guide, we’ll take...
The Reptile Brain Strategy: Why Lawyers Use It and How to Counter It
Christina Marinakis Over the years, we have heard much consternation from our clients regarding a plaintiff strategy called the “Reptile Approach.” We have seen this approach become more and more popular—not to mention effective—during depositions and trial among...