Several months after being detained in Michigan in connection with seizures of cocaine and methamphetamine valued at millions of dollars, two truckers who worked for the same Canadian carrier were charged with federal narcotics offenses in the United States. They were both apprehended five months apart. According to a criminal...
What is the current status of Assembly Bill 5, and what impact it may have on trucking in California?
Recent months have seen little movement in the dispute over whether California's independent contractor statute, known as AB5, would be applied to commercial trucks. Although it is unclear what exactly the ramifications of this could be, at the most basic level, it could imply that a trucking firm would be...
Two more people have entered guilty pleas in the Louisiana manufactured accident plot
The number of guilty pleas in Louisiana staged truck accident probe continues to mount. Duane Evans, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, has announced the entry of two more guilty pleas in the last ten days, bringing the total number of guilty pleas to 32. Due...