by Larson & Gaston, LLP | Mar 15, 2020 | Transportation Law
With coronavirus or Covid-19 taking center stage in our lives, the ramifications of the cancelations and closures are hitting everyone in both their personal and professional lives. As individuals and businesses try to adjust, the trucking industry finds itself in a...
by Larson & Gaston, LLP | Jan 1, 2020 | Transportation Law
See Update: As discussed previously on this blog, California’s AB5 is set to completely rewrite California’s employment law. With the law taking effect with the start of the new year, California’s trucking industry was facing unprecedented change. However, the...
On behalf of Larson & Gaston, LLP | Nov 5, 2019 | Transportation Law
For years, transportation companies have touted the potential of automated drone deliveries, promising better, more efficient service. We are now one step closer to seeing that vision become a reality, after a couple of recent landmark deliveries. On Nov. 1, 2019, UPS...
On behalf of Larson & Gaston, LLP | Aug 15, 2019 | Transportation Law
With some in the trucking industry pushing for changes to the time truck drivers are legally permitted to spend behind the wheel, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently announced propose changes to address this desire. The proposed changes include...
On behalf of Larson & Gaston, LLP | Jul 15, 2019 | Transportation Law
The effort to define who is an employee and who is an independent contractor has been an ongoing battle in California, particularly since the Dynamex decision that came down from the California Supreme Court last April. While the full impact of the decision in the...
On behalf of Larson & Gaston, LLP | Jun 15, 2019 | Transportation Law
As discussed here, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) has set up its own rules for rest breaks for safety purposes that pre-empt those of the states. That became very clear when the FMCSA issued its determination that federal...
On behalf of Larson & Gaston, LLP | May 15, 2019 | Transportation Law
As discussed on this blog, late last year the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) determined that California’s Meal and Rest Break rules are pre-empted by federal law, as applied to property-carrying commercial motor vehicle drivers...
On behalf of Larson & Gaston, LLP | Feb 15, 2019 | Transportation Law
In California, the ongoing litigation around the definition of an employee versus independent contractor and the rules for meal and rest breaks threaten to upend the trucking industry. While these issues are understandably garnering significant attention, there are...
On behalf of Larson & Gaston, LLP | Feb 1, 2019 | Transportation Law
In a recent Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously made getting to arbitration more difficult for trucking companies. In Oliveira v. New Prime, the Supreme Court determined that it was for a court, not an...
On behalf of Larson & Gaston, LLP | Jan 15, 2019 | Transportation Law
As discussed previously on this blog, recent legal developments have complicated the business plans of trucking companies that use independent contractors as drivers. These have included the Dynamex decision that changed the 30-year-old test of whether a worker is an...
