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California’s trucking industry is hitting a breaking point as Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) effectively dismantles the independent owner-operator business model. After a four-and-a-half-year legal battle, the California Trucking Association (CTA) has officially dropped its challenge, leaving over 70,000 independent truckers in a state of u…[Read more]

Federal authorities have dismantled what officials describe as the largest cartel-linked trucking operation ever uncovered in the United States. In Operation Highway Harvest, the FBI and DEA targeted a seemingly legitimate logistics company that investigators say was secretly moving narcotics across multiple states.
Court documents detail hundreds…[Read more]

Bill imposes 10% surcharge on contracts with violation-prone trucking companies.

WASHINGTON — New legislation threatens to transform the way truck brokers do business, replacing voluntary vetting practices with a stiff federal penalty for contracting “unsafe” motor carriers.

Introduced by U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., the Patrick and Barba…[Read more]