Legal issues
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2 truckers charged in kidnapping-for-ransom scheme
Truck drivers Brian T. Summerson, 25, of Dillion, South Carolina, and Pierre Washington, 35, of Chicago, have been charged in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme.
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Skeptical judge acquits trucker caught with heroin at Canadian border
An off-duty trucker charged with smuggling 13 bricks of cocaine from the U.S. to Canada via car was acquitted after maintaining that the drugs were…
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Utah trucking owner admits bribing FedEx manager, defrauding PPP loan program
Hubert Ivan Ugarte pleaded guilty to bribing a FedEx Ground manager in a pay-to-play scheme, and to defrauding the PPP loan program.
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Second California court rules key federal law doesn’t preempt AB5
The decision in a suit brought against drayage company East Coast Transport affirms a finding in the earlier Cal Cartage case
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Once-ambitious Ryder plans for electric vehicles with Chanje dissolves into lawsuit
Even as the relationship between Ryder and Chanje was hitting the rocks, Ryder continued to do new deals with the supplier of electric vehicles and…
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NLRB files action against Universal Logistics over Teamsters vote fallout at SoCal facility
The NLRB action is a gathering of earlier Teamsters actions against Universal, now pulled together in one filing by the government agency.
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Update: House overwhelmingly approves extension of PPP for several more months
Reports of problems in the application process are widespread, but the PPP loans given out total more than $160 billion.
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Small LA-area trucking company ousts Teamsters; new rules from Trump’s NLRB aided decertification
The new rules approved by the NLRB could be overturned by the Biden administration but only after a formal rulemaking.
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Biden administration kills Trump rule on independent contractor classification
The legal reason cited for the withdrawal is the elevation of two principles of “economic realities,” which the Wage and Hour Division says have not…
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Former auto hauler sentenced to 30 months for faking FMCSA records
Michael Chaves, the former owner of a vehicle-transport carrier, gets 30 months in prison for forging DOT documents and failing to maintain driver certifications.
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