Tesla settles California Tesla Autopilot lawsuit over fatal crashes,, latest in mixed record for the auto maker.
And then there’s the other side of the argument. With a September 29 judicial conference now set at the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the justices to consider whether to take up the issue of broker liability, the pleadings on both sides of the debate are coming into focus. Both Transportation Quality Logistics and the Transportation […]
California authorities recovered $1.4 million in stolen consumer electronics with help from cargo security and risk management platform Overhaul.
TIA files comments as Supreme Court faces pivotal broker liability cases.
Nikola Corporation has agreed to a liquidation plan that includes an $83 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Thoughts from Motive’s CEO: Motive patent case victory over Samsara secures leadership in road safety tech.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled in favor of Motive, rejecting Samsara’s claims of patent infringement.
By: Matthew Leffler The views in this piece are solely that of the contributor and do not reflect the opinions of FreightWaves, its staff, or any of its subsidiaries. In a massive court decision, a federal court has stopped five of President Donald Trump’s orders that put tariffs on almost all goods coming into the […]
The Trump administration is moving to replace the Biden administration IC rule through a rulemaking process.
The battle over California’s environmental regulations that impact trucking continued right through the end of August.
A federal judge in Georgia has allowed major parts of a lawsuit filed by Mexico-based workers to move forward against logistics films GFA Alabama Inc. and Glovis Georgia.
Six persons were indicted in Louisiana for operating a scheme to falsely obtain class A CDLs.
The Trump administration threatens to cut funds to California, New Mexico and Washington, over trucker English enforcement.
Three plaintiffs are alleging they were discriminated against due to their age and race after the American Trucking Association fired them in 2024.
A settlement in a New Jersey driver misclassification case involving NFI could provide healthy payouts to some individuals.
The state of Washington has slapped the U.S. Postal Service with a $33,000 penalty for unsafe handling of hazardous waste.
A long list of legal actions over the California-related Clean Truck Partnership just got the federal government into the fray.
A deal between truck manufacturers and the FTC is the latest blow to the Clean Truck Partnership.
TQL is trying to get the Supreme Court to rule on the issue of broker liability after it lost at the Sixth Circuit.
The inevitable lawsuit has been filed by engine manufacturers against California over the Clean Truck Partnership.
New Jersey is the latest state for a battle over independent contractor status.
The settlement in the biometrics case involving Lytx has been signed off by a judge.
The brother of Patrick Tillman, who joined the Army in the middle of a promising NFL career and died in Afghanistan, has been charged with setting fire to a U.S. post office.
Dustin Jarrard has been indicted for stealing from Tribe Transportation, his former company.
Allianz Commercial’s annual Safety and Shipping Review has found that cargo theft is increasing in frequency, scope, and sophistication.
Even as the issue of broker liability is awaiting word on whether SCOTUS will take up the issue, another case is moving through the courts.
Matthew Leffler, The Armchair Attorney, explains why the U.S. Supreme Court must act now to resolve a widening circuit split over whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts state common-law negligent hiring claims against freight brokers.
Authorities in the U.S. have asked the Mexican government to investigate whether a Tijuana-based trucking company has denied the right of truckers to organize for bargaining purposes.
Werner Enterprises lost on an appeal in a case involving a deaf driver, but the financial stakes were lower than at first.
The brokerage industry may have two cases seeking Supreme Court guidance on a key issue of broker liability.
A court defeat for TQL on the question of broker liability may set up a Supreme Court showdown.
Texas trucking tort reform aims to limit the ability to file lawsuits against trucking companies after accidents.
(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) “BE AFRAID OF FREIGHT FRAUD!” It’s no surprise when another freight fraud headline lands in our inbox, shows up on LinkedIn, or makes its way into a conversation. Freight fraud is a trending […]
The day after Werner’s big victory, the reaction on Wall Street was muted…and expected.
The Freight Fraud Crisis The trucking industry is grappling with a surge in freight fraud, leaving carriers, brokers, and shippers vulnerable to sophisticated scams like identity theft and unauthorized double brokering. These schemes disrupt supply chains, undermine trust, and cause significant financial and logistical challenges. The root cause is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s […]
After losing at a Texas lower court level and then on appeal, Werner successfully reversed a nuclear verdict from 2018.
Highway has changed the game of carrier identity.
Motive combines fleet and spend management.
Eliminating fuel fraud with unique QR codes and flexible business rules.
Truckstop operationalizes its vast data warehouse with AI.
Samsara’s Asset Tags provide a rich new data stream.
Justice Department press release describes violations of several FMCSA rules by Shaquan Jelks; magistrate order on detention spells out some of the details.
Tive has raised the bar for high-value shipment security.
A procedural decision in a case involving a California rule impacting cars may ultimately play a factor in trucking regulation.
Grand jury indicts seven men on charges they targeted trucks for robberies.
Attorneys in a $5 million Illinois trucking accident settlement hope their case brings safer changes to roadways.
Intelligence, security, and control for the inbound call process.
Freight fraud has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing and financially devastating risks in today’s global supply chain landscape. With global cargo theft losses exceeding $80 billion in 2023 and the average cost of a successful fictitious pickup surging to $365,000 per incident in Q1 2024, the industry has been desperately seeking more […]
DAT and OTR, one-time partners involved in a lawsuit over factoring, have settled a legal dispute.
Echo Global Logistics has emerged as a standout performer in the freight industry’s battle against fraud, earning recognition as a winner of the 2025 FreightWaves Fraud Fighter Awards. With an impressive record of delivering over one million truckload shipments in 2024 while maintaining a loss rate of less than 0.01% due to theft, Echo has […]
An Ohio couple pleaded guilty to using four trucking companies they owned to obtain COVID-era loans.
Descartes’ MyCarrierPortal leverages real-time Incident Reports to continually vet your network.
California’s lawsuit over Congressional attempt to end the state’s ZEV waivers targets questions of the action’s legality.
Crowley was one of 10 winners of the 2025 Fraud Fighters Award.
Legislation signed by President Trump impacting California’s clean truck rules immediately brought a lawsuit from the state.
A legal battle between DAT and OTR Solutions has been decided in favor of OTR.
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton releases documentary aiming to set the story straight about his fall from leadership.
A small-business trucker has been charged with laundering money from fake credit cards to a Turkish bank account.
The push for tort reform in Texas went zero for two in the just-completed legislative session.
A South Florida trucking executive is going to prison for a $100 million Ponzi scheme.
A bill that the Texas trucking industry targeted as a key tool for tort reform has died in the state’s House.
Executives at an LA freight forwarding company smuggled billions of dollars in goods into Mexico from the U.S. in a scheme involving kickbacks to drug cartels and bribes to customs officials, prosecutors say.
Global leaders and trade stakeholders are reacting positively to a court ruling blocking tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a group of Russian hackers has gone into overdrive. As Western countries began ramping up military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, the GRU focused on the logistics and tech companies that support those flows.
Alleged members of an Armenian criminal enterprise were arrested Tuesday in connection with the theft of more than $83 million worth of goods from Amazon.
The last-gasp OOIDA fight against the AB5 independent contractor law in California’s trucking sector has suffered defeat at the appellate level.
From oversharing on socials to leaving systems unsecured, your data can smooth the path for freight fraudsters.
Highway’s Michael Caney explores the importance of an identity layer in vetting practices, know-your-customer principles and technological solutions to verify carrier capabilities
Overhaul’s CEO breaks down why today’s cargo theft crisis is less about missing locks and more about missing identities – and what the supply chain must do to fight back.
A Georgia attorney talks about how tort reform in Georgia will change the legal landscape for lawsuits.
Fraud Watch analyzes Overhaul’s 2025 Q1 Mexico cargo theft report
Amazon in just the past few days lost a driver-related case in Indiana, was a possible scam victim in Connecticut and had a driver involved in a fatal accident in Tennessee.
Motive is fighting a post-trial motion by Omnitracs that claims Motive used prejudiced religious and racial insinuations to convince a federal jury it did not commit copyright infringement.
There is no easy fix: Enhancing trucking safety and driver competence, as well as combating CDL fraud, will take an all-hands-on-deck effort at every level of government.
An agreement California has reached with Nebraska and 15 other states is another nail in the coffin of the Golden State’s Advanced Clean Fleets rule.
Fraud Watch also salutes a detective fighting cargo theft in Philly.
Non-domiciled CDL holders are just a small sliver of a bigger issue with how CDLs are issued and regulated.
Two recent developments on independent contractor law are headed in different directions.
Omnitracs is seeking a retrial after a federal jury found competitor Motive not guilty of copyright infringement.
Fraudulent CDL holders, improper training programs and language barriers are only a scratch on the surface of the systemic problems with the way commercial vehicles are licensed in the U.S.
A group of owner-operators won a more than $10.4 million judgment in a class-action suit against a carrier that a federal court found underpaid the drivers by underreporting part of its gross revenues.
Freightmate AI has filed a motion to dismiss Flexport’s copyright infringement lawsuit against it.
This week: We examine freight fraud stats and close the case on some stolen vehicles.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to revoke two trucking-related Environmental Protection Agency waivers granted to California.
Two more men were charged with the murder of a cooperating witness in the Louisiana staged accident scam.
A federal jury has ruled that AI-powered technology made by Motive does not infringe on any of Omnitracs’ patents.
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.
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.
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.
