President Trump took steps to dismantle California’s vehicle emissions standards on June 12, 2025, by signing three Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) resolutions revoking California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act. The waiver...more
6/19/2025
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CARB ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Environmental Policies ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Motor Carriers ,
Pending Litigation ,
Surface Transportation ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration ,
Waivers ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
The growth of final-mile package deliveries, especially to residential delivery following the global pandemic, raises important legal questions about the transportation service performed by delivery drivers and their...more
6/16/2025
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Contract Terms ,
Delivery Drivers ,
FMCSA ,
Interstate Commerce ,
Jurisdiction ,
Logistics ,
Motor Carriers ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Supply Chain ,
Transportation Industry
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued an internal agency enforcement policy on May 20, 2025 (the Policy), outlining its approach to English language proficiency (ELP) for commercial motor vehicle...more
6/16/2025
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China ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Common Carriers ,
FMCSA ,
Manufacturers ,
Motor Carriers ,
New Regulations ,
Safety Standards ,
Tariffs ,
Transportation Industry
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) issued an internal policy on May 20, 2025, outlining its approach to English language proficiency (“ELP”) for commercial motor vehicle drivers. This policy is more...more
5/27/2025
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Drivers ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
FMCSA ,
Motor Carriers ,
New Regulations ,
Policy Memorandums ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration
Recent headlines about President Trump’s Executive Order on “Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America’s Truck Drivers” (“EO”) raised questions across the trucking industry and in the media....more
The role of independent contractor owner-operators (“ICOOs”) in the trucking industry has a long history as a business model and also as a lightning rod for scrutiny. ...more
1/22/2025
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Business Model ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Motor Carriers ,
Regulatory History ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trucking Industry ,
Trump Administration
Global transportation and logistics services can amount to some of the largest expenses, and even the largest single contracts by spend, for enterprises with high traffic volumes. Among mature buyers and sellers of goods the...more
We are now in the era of freedom of contract in the logistics arena. While contracts provide many protections to contracting parties, they can also be used offensively, to affirmatively protect legal rights. There are many...more
11/4/2024
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Audits ,
Brokers ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Maritime Commission ,
Logistics ,
National Security ,
Shipping ,
Shipping Cargo ,
Small Business ,
Supply Chain ,
Transportation Industry
International laws for cargo liability impact the way enterprises procure transportation and logistics services, the contracts under which those services are purchased, the process for claims adjudication, and the liability...more
As concerns about environmental degradation and climate change intensify, shippers across a wide variety of industry verticals are seeking ways to make their supply chain operations more environmentally sustainable....more
10/31/2024
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Brokers ,
Certifications ,
Climate Change ,
Competitive Bidding ,
Contract Terms ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Green Technology ,
Motor Carriers ,
Service Contracts ,
Shipping ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Transportation Industry ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
Accidents on the roadways are an unfortunate reality in the transportation business.
Any carrier that has been in the business long enough, or that has reached a sizeable scale, experiences accidents despite a zealous...more
Environmental regulations, including those under the California Air Resources Board’s (“CARB”) jurisdiction, present a complex compliance challenge for vehicle fleet managers and operations departments across the country....more
4/9/2024
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Air Quality Standards ,
CARB ,
Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trucking Industry ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
Many government agencies accomplish their critical missions by using private transportation and logistics services. The General Services Administration (GSA) is often the key federal agency for managing private procurement of...more
9/18/2023
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Competitive Bidding ,
Compliance ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
FMCSA ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
General Solicitation ,
Government Agencies ,
Subcontractors ,
System For Award Management (SAM) ,
Transportation Industry ,
Vendors
Federal regulators—as well as the marketplace itself—have been scrutinizing the role of certain types of “transportation intermediaries” in the industry. One point of focus has been the role of longstanding models such as...more