FreightWaves’ CEO told Optym Convergence non-domiciled CDL holders were probably the main reason the downturn dragged on, and that enforcement will outlast any change in Washingto
Chattanooga–The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) was quick out of the box earlier this year after two key court decisions that didn’t favor the brokerage community, asking the federal government for some sort of guidance for 3PLs: tell us what sort of carrier hiring practices would protect us. Chris Burroughs is the head of TIA and […]
The way courts decide who is responsible when a contracted truck ends up in a wreck is changing faster than most of the freight industry realizes, and the shift is not about one ruling or one eye-popping dollar figure, it is a whole direction of travel that keeps pulling responsibility up the chain toward brokers […]
Four and a half years after a grassroots union was voted in by workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, the battles in court over Amazon’s pushback against the vote continues. At issue in the latest set of filings in the Fifth Circuit is a National Labor Relations Board decision from April […]
Daimler Truck North America is seeking $6.6 million in damages after accusing a former employee and his wife of misappropriating nearly $3.8 million.
The first response in the RICO case initiated by a group of carriers against giant 3PLs C.H. Robinson and TQL has been filed by the latter, and it has two key arguments. TQL, in a series of three individual motions filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, is seeking […]
The nuclear verdict against C.H. Robinson in Texas has been affirmed.
A jury awarded $9.4 million to a medical supply distributor after finding a logistics provider and its managing member liable for fraud involving COVID medical glove purchases.
Edge Logistics has sued Freight Tec Management Group and four former employees, alleging a coordinated scheme to divert customers, misuse confidential information and pay kickbacks funded by inflated freight charges.
Both sides have their argument in to the court on the Penske request for a bigger hearing in significant loss.
A Texas-based cross-border carrier is facing a lawsuit for age discrimination, including a 65-year-old age ceiling.
Birchstone Management and Mile Hi Companies will pay a combined $2 million to resolve cases alleging discriminatory hiring practices.
(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) As if C.H. Robinson did not have enough going on with its recent acquisition announcement with RXO, six trucking companies sued the global 3PL as well as Total Quality Logistics in Texas federal […]
New Jersey’s tough independent contractor law is in effect.
A truck out of service along the side of a highway with a service technician truck and warning beacons placed along the roadside edge
A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges a Michigan transportation provider systematically understated load values before calculating compensation owed to owner-operators.
A new lawsuit charges C.H. Robinson and TQO with RICO-prohibited actions.
There appeared to be judges’ resistance to the government’s argument from a court in the case of Lujan vs. FMCSA.
Super Ego chief Mimic won a small victory in a federal court but the lawsuit against the network is mostly unaffected.
At a leading logistics M&A conference, the value of humans as brokers gets a boost.
