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Will the real Broker please stand up
The entity with discretion and the entity with authority are different companies far more often than anyone's contract contemplates, and Montgomery just…
 • Rob Carpenter
The last 8 seconds of your life
Ashley Chapman died in 2023 at a red light with 6 other vehicles. Decision makers moved on. Richard Wright was sentanced to three years. The Executives…
 • Rob Carpenter
Broker, Lessor, Carrier: How Montgomery, Graves, and NOW Meyer v. Penske, Took 3 Shields in One Summer
Meyer v. Penske extends statutory employer liability through intermediary tiers under 376.22, days after the $604 million Lipe verdict against C.H…
 • Rob Carpenter
The lawsuit is drafted before trucks hit the road
This is the anatomy of how a trucking company gets built, and how that same anatomy gets dissected after the wreck. The two are the same document set…
 • Rob Carpenter
Two Insurers Claim the Super Ego Network Defrauded Them. One Case Is Still Alive.
A 2020 federal rescission case and a 2023 state fraud case describe the same people, the same trucks, and the same playbook.
 • Rob Carpenter
Trucking owner disappeared later found in plain site
Trucking can be violent. 850 Women Are Dead. The FBI Says Truckers Did It. Sometimes the most dangerous person in trucking isn't the stranger behind the…
 • Rob Carpenter
The people deciding what gets on the highway led to Montgomery and SCOTUS
Who we’re hiring to run this industry top down and bottom up is what’s gotten us where we are today.
 • Rob Carpenter
What Makes a Good Carrier?
That distinction matters because the worst operators in this industry are frequently compliant on paper, and increasingly, compliance on paper is their…
 • Rob Carpenter

July 2026

Enforcement at the roadside. Accountability dies in the Courtroom
Inspectors wrote 6,455 English proficiency violations through October. After the crash, the court record goes almost completely silent.
 • Rob Carpenter
The Government Confession: What FMCSA's 2026 Regulatory Agenda Tells You
The Department of Transportation published its 2026 unified regulatory agenda on July 7, over a year behind its normal schedule, and the trucking items…
 • Rob Carpenter
One Courtroom, One Date: The Non-Domiciled CDL Rule Goes to Argument September 15
The briefing closed this week. Twenty-three states filed for FMCSA, a dozen filed against it, and the agency that lost this fight in November is walking…
 • Rob Carpenter
Domilea 2.0. How to start a EuroChicago lease fleet.
A $2.1 million equipment loan, twenty-nine tractors, and 108 authorities sold for roughly $1.54 million. How Viava Grama and Domilea started a…
 • Rob Carpenter
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