Legal issues
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XPO settles 2 California worker classification cases for nearly $30M
The Teamsters backed the actions and praised the “brave” drivers; the court suggested XPO might have had a strong case.
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FreightWaves Classics/Leaders: Marcus Garvey started Black-owned steamship company
Read about the Black Star Line... Although it had a short history, it is a unique company.
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Appeals court denies truck drivers greater reputation protection
An owner-operator lawsuit fails to convince a federal appeals court that FMCSA acts as a consumer reporting agency.
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Supreme Court denies review of AB5-related case, but law still isn’t impacting California trucking
Observers are left to speculate why the Supreme Court offered no opinion.
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UPS appeal successful; $27 million nuclear verdict remanded to trial court
A bench trial resulted in an award of more than $27 million.
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The Light Load: With ‘wake-up calls’ like this, who needs Ambien?
Shot in the dark, but a $5,000 timeout for $230,000 in pay withheld from workers making as little as $3.38 an hour could prove a…
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Be prepared, attorneys say: More driver classification suits coming
A pair of lawyers tell a TCA audience that taking steps early can help in later litigation.
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Illinois trucking manager sentenced in $625K fraud scheme
An Illinois man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding the family-owned trucking company where he worked of nearly $625,000.
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Exclusive: Missouri trucker ‘snapped’ before killings, brother says
An ongoing custody battle over his 9-year-old daughter caused Missouri truck driver J.T. McLean — who was a suspect in four homicides — to “snap,”…
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Fate of California’s AB5 riding on 2 cases seeking Supreme Court review
If the high court does not grant review and AB5 is implemented, the state’s trucking industry will look to a variety of solutions to be…
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