As two New Orleans lawyers await prison over staged crashes, others face possible discipline

AI Briefing

• – Two New Orleans lawyers, Vanessa Motta and Jason Giles, face prison sentences after being convicted of staging vehicle crashes into big-rig trucks.
• – The scheme, which involved orchestrating crashes into trucks to collect insurance payouts, was uncovered in a federal investigation.
• – The convictions are part of a broader crackdown on insurance scams in the region.