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As 2021 comes to a close, Brandon & Jerad take a look back at the biggest legislative and regulatory changes over the past year and their impact on highway transportation. We'll also take a look forward to 2022 and what motor carriers should expect in terms of rule making in the coming year.

We're joined by Hayden Cardiff (Founder & Chief Innovation Officer of Idelic) and Brian Runnels (VP of Safety for Reliance Partners) to address the driver qualification and orientation process, including best practices for attracting and retaining qualified drivers. We'll discuss the interplay between driver qualification regulations and industry standards, and we'll hear how the onboarding and orientation processes can be optimized to minimize driver turnover.

Brian Runnels, VP of Safety for Reliance Partners, joins us live from the ATA's Management Conference & Exhibition in Nashville to provide a recap of events, including ATRI's release of its top industry issues report and Chris Spear's keynote presentation.

Brandon & Jerad are joined by Wendy Greenland (CEO of Openforce) and Doug Grawe (CEO of the Grawe Group) to discuss the current state of affairs with respect to independent contractor status in the transportation industry, including attacks on that status such as California's AB5 legislation and recent court cases. We talk with Wendy and Doug about some ways carriers can fight back and minimize their exposure to reclassification decisions.

Brandon & Jerad are joined by Tom Cuthbertson (ELD expert and formerly with Omnitracs) and Mike Malecha (industry vet and managing partner at Telematics & Video Services) to address the often overwhelming amount of data and analytics generated by various telematics devices installed in commercial motor vehicles and the importance of managing that data.   

This episode is sponsored by Argos Connected Solutions. Visit them online at https://www.argosconnected.com.

Transportation attorneys and hosts Brandon Wiseman and Jerad Childress are joined by industry vet and founder of Bluewire LLC, Steve Bryan, and President of the Texas Trucking Association, John Esparza, to tackle the hot topic of nuclear verdicts and their impact on the highway transportation industry. Steve discusses his various data- and technology-focused ventures over the years including Vigillo and Bluewire, and how he and his team plan to help motor carriers assess their susceptibility to nuclear verdicts and develop a plan to avoid them using cutting edge data analytics. John talks about his and the TXTA's perspective on nuclear verdicts, including the Association's latest efforts to curb lawsuit abuse through legislative initiates like HB 19, which was just recently passed by the Texas Legislature.

Full video episode available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wlG8zQZBo&t=1098s.