A federal jury has ruled that AI-powered technology made by Motive does not infringe on any of Omnitracs’ patents, concluding a lengthy legal battle between the two companies.
Importers bringing goods into the U.S. were improperly declaring imports that racked up $310 million in fees.
Union Pacific has brought a rare trackage rights dispute with BNSF to the Surface Transportation Board.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of being part of a criminal enterprise to steal, move and sell stolen cargo in the Los Angeles area valued at over $3.9 million.
Railcar owner GATX won’t have to help pay the $600 million settlement related to the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, a jury decided.
Importers, customs brokers and freight carriers could be exposed to higher fraud risks as a result of Trump’s rapid-fire, unpredictable tariff regime.
Who will win the top fraud-fighting award at the inaugural Freight Fraud Symposium in Dallas?
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a CSX appeal regarding an antitrust suit over access to Norfolk International Terminals.
OOIDA made its case before a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as it fights alone against California’s AB5 applying to trucking.
Key strategies for combating fraud involve certificates of insurance for supply chain partners.
On Episode 829 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is talking to one of the most amazing owner-operators on the road: Roger Machback. Machback lost his arm in a boating accident but didn’t let that keep him out of the cab. Instead, he designed his own prosthetic arm so he could keep on trucking. Now, he […]
Another broker liability case is now before a federal appeals court, increasing the chances the issue will go before the Supreme Court.
A New Jersey woman faces years in prison after she pleaded guilty to stealing $4 million from her trucking company employer.
Transair, a small all-cargo operator in Hawaii, is preparing to restart business after a serious accident in 2021 and a failed FAA attempt to pull its operating certificate.
The CEO of Truckstop said in an interview that fighting freight fraud is challenging given that nobody goes to jail over it.
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report for its investigation into a deadly semitruck crash on Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas, last month.
A bipartisan bill in Congress would tackle the burgeoning problem of rail cargo theft.
Fraud Watch examines potential increases in customs fraud whistleblowers.
Genesee & Wyoming short line Central Oregon & Pacific can take over local operations from Union Pacific in Eugene, Oregon, as early as Saturday, federal regulators say.
Officials in Panama say Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings’ contract to run two ports at the Panama Canal has cost the nation $1.3 billion. U.S. investment firm BlackRock is spearheading a possible purchase of the ports’ operations.
A subsidiary of Iowa-based CRST The Transportation Solution Inc. will pay $100,000 to a job applicant who claims the company rescinded a job offer over the applicant’s criminal history.
Investors have responded to the revelation, disclosed in a late Wednesday 8-K filing, with Landstar’s stock taking a hit over the past 24 hours.
A truck driver has won a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that traces back to a failed marijuana test.
The operators of a tanker that the U.S. military contracted to haul jet fuel are suing a subsidiary of the owners of a shipping company whose container ship struck the tanker in March.
Federal transportation officials at the Mid-America Trucking Show discussed a deregulatory approach that aligns with the Trump administration’s policy of eliminating 10 regulations for every new one introduced.
Trevor Milton, founder and former executive chairman and CEO of Nikola Corp., was issued a full pardon by President Trump.
A week after a tractor-trailer crash killed five people on Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas, a survivor of the 19-vehicle wreck has sued the transportation companies and truck driver involved.
A federal judge in Michigan has ruled that a Mexico-based supplier must keep shipping parts to a Daimler Truck North America subsidiary in Detroit.
The Arkansas House of Representatives and Senate are debating two bills to enact harsher punishments against truck drivers who are in the U.S. illegally and obtain or use CDLs.
Trailer builder Wabash National won a massive reduction in punitive damages stemming from a lawsuit over a deadly crash but lost on other requests in a Missouri courtroom.
A Rochester, New York-area truck company owner got almost four years in prison for lying to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Connecticut carrier Soundview Transportation will pay millions of dollars in remediation and penalties for a 2022 gasoline spill.
American Trucking Associations economist Bob Costello foresees negative impacts on freight markets from new port fees on Chinese ships calling at U.S. ports.
Supply chain management company Flexport is suing Freightmate AI, alleging former Flexport employees now heading the logistics software company stole sensitive commercial documents.
This week: We review KAL Freight’s legal troubles
RXO is involved in a legal case that could become another precedent in the question over when brokers can be held liable after a theft or accident.
The bankruptcy of Kal Freight will be completed through Chapter 11, after creditors reached a settlement.
Detroit Diesel Corp. asked a federal judge to order a Mexican supplier to keep shipping parts needed to make commercial trucks.
Kal Freight is likely to be going out of business, but just how that will happen is a subject of dispute in bankruptcy court.
Norfolk Southern said it is not out of the ordinary for the Justice Department to look into a case involving antitrust allegations by fellow Class I railroad CSX.
Join us for a one-day Freight Fraud Symposium in Dallas, Texas, on May 14, 2025.
The Justice Department is investigating Norfolk Southern and Virginia terminal railroad Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line for alleged anticompetitive conduct against CSX.
This week: Shoppers share safety concerns, and we examine theft on the railroads
Pink Cheetah Express LLC, a small Kissimmee, Florida-based motor carrier, alleges that TQL has flouted a 2023 Department of Transportation order mandating compliance with federal broker transparency rules.
The Delaware Chancery Court dealt a short-term setback to project44 in its case against MyCarrier, but the longer-term impact is uncertain.
Tariffs shmariffs. I wasn’t planning to stock up on Turkish delight or vanilla-flavored wine anyhow.
Fraud remains one of the biggest threats to the freight industry, with bad actors constantly adapting their tactics. Lisa Haubenstock, VP of product at Truckstop, dives into the issue and the strategies companies can leverage to stay ahead.
In dismissing the case against NFI CEO Sidney Brown, the New Jersey judge took aim at some of the charges against him.
Fraud has been a constant in the 3PL industry, but it’s gotten more sophisticated as criminals get smarter, says Transportation Intermediaries Association President Chris Burroughs.
Injured plaintiffs’ seat belt use could be entered as evidence following traffic accidents under a bill passed by the Georgia Senate.
Australian logistics software provider WiseTech is in the midst of a governance crisis after four board members resigned.
The trucking industry has been hit with another nuclear verdict, this time in Los Angeles.
With scams becoming more sophisticated and brokers facing increased legal risks, this exclusive gathering will provide crucial insights, expert discussions and high-level networking opportunities.
An EPA action initiating the process of revoking three California emissions waivers faces legal hurdles.
LTL carrier XPO has filed suit against two workers who had a noncompete but went to Central Transport.
A Missouri truck company owner who was convicted of Paycheck Protection Program fraud was sentenced to nine years in prison.
A New Jersey man is the third person charged in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to overbill home goods company Williams-Sonoma and another business for trucking services.
Patrick Lee Miller, 56, of Malvern, Iowa, has been charged with attempted murder after an alleged road rage incident on Interstate 80 in Jasper County, Illinois.
A Georgia-based carrier has filed for bankruptcy protection, citing a weak freight market.
The ping-pong question of how the National Labor Relations Board defines independent contractors is on hold, for now, in a key trucking case.
GenLogs’ technology uses roadside sensors and cameras to collect data on trucks and equipment, applying methodology inspired by counterterrorism operations.
This week: We get an update on Kal Freight’s bankruptcy proceedings.
WWEX Group argues that certain details in Freight Essentials’ lawsuit against the company and its affiliates contain sensitive business information that, if disclosed, could harm its competitive position, but Freight Essentials says not so fast.
The project44 vs. My Carrier dispute over eBOL technology has reached a Delaware court, with both sides asking for injunctions.
Federal investigators accuse nine logistics workers and executives of devising an elaborate scheme to slip $200 million worth of counterfeit goods from China past customs officials at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
Western Express prevailed in federal appellate court in a case involving a Virginia wreck from 2018.
This week Descartes shares the work it’s doing to combat location spoofing.
In an Illinois case involving gathering biometric data from truck drivers, telematics provider Lytx has settled for $4.25 million.
A publicly traded coffee wholesaler has filed a lawsuit against a Texas-based logistics company nearly a year after a load of coffee, valued at almost $84,500, went missing.
From optimizing electric vehicle fleets to mitigating fraud and automating nonrevenue tasks, automation is positioned to address some of the industry’s most pressing challenges.
Bombshell in Louisiana: a guilty plea in staged accident murder and an accusation against two others.
Now on demand on WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is joined by Barry Conlon and Adam Wingfield
A family-owned Wyoming trucking company has agreed to pay $124,000 to settle a federal lawsuit stemming from allegations that the company’s owner had sexually harassed two female truck drivers over several years.
This week we explore how retailers are balancing security measures with customer experience.
California’s trucking industry is starting to try to figure out what the world looks like with the Advanced Clean Fleets rule dead.
A New Hampshire man, who claimed he owned trucking and agriculture businesses, admitted that he conspired with others to fraudulently obtain nearly $320,000 in funds through two COVID-19 pandemic programs.
The California Air Resources Board has withdrawn its request for a waiver to implement the Advanced Clean Fleets rule.
A New Mexico carrier came up short in its lawsuit against the Biden administration’s independent contractor rule.
Daimler Truck North America has lifted its ban on sales of new internal combustion engine trucks in Oregon over a dispute about the Advanced Clean Trucks rule that several states have adopted following California’s lead.
In a case involving 3PL giant TQL, the Supreme Court has again chosen not to review the issue of whether a broker is liable when a carrier it hires is held liable in an accident or other incident.
A federal court has again ruled in favor of the 3PL industry on the issue of broker liability.
In 2024, retailers dealt with a costly challenge: U.S. consumers returning $685 billion worth of merchandise — 13.21% of total retail sales, according to Appriss Retail’s latest report. Alarmingly, 15.14% of these returns were fraudulent, costing retailers a staggering $103 billion. The report, created with Deloitte, highlights the most common fraud schemes. Wardrobing, in which […]
2024 was another brutal year for trucking companies and freight brokerages. Thousands of firms called it quits, sought bankruptcy protection or both. Fraud-related stories also dominated the headlines. FreightWaves looks back at some of the year’s key stories.
This legal battle began in May 2020 when Omnitracs accused Platform Science of stealing its intellectual property.
A ruptured deal between project44 and MyCarrier now has spawned a p44 lawsuit against SMC3.
This week the industry gets advice on cybersecurity strategies for 2025.
OOIDA is looking at the issue of leased independent owner-operators as it keeps up its legal fight against AB5 in California.
FreightWaves reviews the most read fraud fiascos from the past year
This week: Double brokers grab $1M in toys and porch pirates have a dance off
Surveying the issues in the strike against Amazon by the Teamsters union and defining an “employee” can get tricky.
The Teamsters are making gains at Amazon and among the company’s direct service providers, but the e-commerce retailer says not so fast.
An online auction was underway Tuesday to sell some of the assets of intrastate trucking company D.A.F.S. Transport of Monahans, Texas, which operates primarily in the Permian Basin in West Texas.
Pavel Ivanovich Turlak pleaded guilty Friday in the Eastern District of Washington to violating Clean Air Act emissions controls and to fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief money.
DAT Freight & Analytics spoke with FreightWaves about DAT’s acquisition of Trucker Tools and how it plans to address connectivity issues, fraud and customer needs in the new year.
In late 2024, retail giant Macy’s revealed a shocking accounting scandal involving its parcel delivery expenses. It said a single employee had managed to hide approximately $151 million in delivery costs over nearly three years, causing significant disruption to the company’s financial reporting and raising questions about its internal controls.
A key case regarding California’s ability to receive environmental waivers, Ohio vs. EPA, won’t be taken up by the Supreme Court.
TQL isn’t satisfied with its victory in a federal appeals court; it wants the Supreme Court to take up the question of broker liability.
In a stunning turn of events, California-based trucking company Kal Freight Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, unveiling a web of fraudulent activities that have sent shockwaves through the industry. The company faces serious allegations of financial misconduct and asset mismanagement.
The ability of California to receive a waiver for tougher environmental rules will be taken up by the Supreme Court.
A West Virginia-based trucking company, which hauls coal, logs and wood chips, recently filed for bankruptcy.
