2026 July

Articles in this issue:

Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages

Uber and Lyft’s other limitation on injured parties’ rights to recover damages

How the 2026 $60,000 UM/UIM cap instituted by SB 371 impacts California consumers’ access to compensation

Ryan Casey
Edwin S. Salguero

After Montgomery

The end of the FAAAA preemption defense in truck-accident cases

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From records to admissions

A deposition toolbox for commercial-vehicle cases

Jon Davidi
Tyler Paboojian

GPS evidence in collision cases

Used properly, it answers comparative-fault theories before they reach the jury

Kristopher Peerali
Gabrielle Booth

Discovery goals with truck driver behavior-monitoring systems

What evidence to get from telematics monitoring systems and how to use it

Get way more money on your Waymo cases

Critical aspects of litigation in autonomous-driving cases

Ryan Cowan

Recovering costs in UIM cases without the need for an arbitration award

Madrigal v. Hyundai Motor Am. makes clear that cost-shifting provisions of § 998 can apply even if a case resolves in settlement

Telematics, AI, and the new driver-data frontier

Producing a machine-generated record of the employer’s knowledge of the driver and the decisions the company made

Andrew T. Haling

Beyond the truck driver and motor carrier

From governmental entities to road contractors, pursuing additional defendants in work-zone truck crashes

Using technology to investigate truck crashes

Be prepared to conduct a comprehensive search of all technology and online data, especially the driver’s cell phone, in addition to traditional truck-crash discovery

The trucking lawyer’s hidden weapon

How the federal MCS-90 and California MC-65/ C-67 filings can save your case

Jordan Jones
Diana Diskin

FMCSA’s forthcoming Safety Measurement System overhaul

What to expect from the federal website’s update and how to use its data to plead theories of negligent entrustment, negligent hiring, and negligent retention

Burgess Williams

Play ball!

Play ball!

Trial Lawyers’ Charities hosts their first pickleball tournament on August 2 in El Segundo

Griselda S. Rodriguez
Michelle M. West

Our character was tested

…and we passed

Lea-Ann Tratten

Independence and the pursuit of justice

…and we passed

Clare Lucich

CAALA’s partnership with CAOC

Essential to protecting justice in California

Elizabeth A. Hernandez

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