President Donald Trump’s authority to issue sweeping global tariffs under an emergency law was met with skepticism at a federal appeals court hearing July 31, a day before higher rates are set to start.
July 31, 2025court News Updates
Avoiding Nuclear Verdicts: Safety & Compliance Strategies
Program Aired: July 24, 2 p.m. ET Learn how fleets can avoid catastrophic legal outcomes in today’s litigious environment. We’ll explore key trends, proactive safety strategies, and share insights from Fleetworthy experts on building a legally defensible safety and compliance culture.Â
July 24, 2025DAT, OTR Settle Dispute Over Outgo Acquisition
A potentially explosive June 17 emergency hearing in the Superior Court of Cobb County in Georgia was canceled after the two companies settled. Neither provided details on what it involved.
June 20, 2025DAT, OTR Legal Dispute Heads to June 17 Emergency Hearing
OTR alleges DAT’s acquisition of Seattle-based Outgo and subsequent actions breach binding agreements between the erstwhile partners and are causing harm to OTR’s business.
June 16, 2025Court to Rule on TuSimple Governance, Cash Pile Fate in Q1
The Delaware Chancery Court ruled that TuSimple co-founder and former CEO Xiaodi Hou’s challenge to board selections and governance changes had enough merit to win the court’s time.
December 19, 2024Trucking Lawyers Should Share Defense Strategies, Author and Noted Attorney Says
For more than a year, prominent San Diego defense attorney Robert Tyson has been scolding his colleagues for not sharing trial defense strategies to beat plaintiff attorneys in the nation’s courtrooms. Here are his tactics for winning in court.
June 23, 2021California Drivers Ask Appellate Court to Require Pay for Nondriving Work
A federal appeals court is being asked to overturn a lower court’s determination that state law does not require motor carriers to pay drivers separately for nondriving work such as inspections, refueling, and loading and unloading at docks, when drivers are paid on what’s known as a piece-rate basis.
February 9, 2021Walmart Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider Decision to Award Drivers Back Pay
Attorneys for Walmart Inc. have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its ruling that affirmed a district court’s judgment that the company must pay a court-certified class of its California truck drivers more than $54 million in back pay mostly for layovers, but also some rest breaks and pre-trip and post-trip inspections.
January 24, 2020Swift to Pay CRST $15 Million in Damages Over Driver Recruiting
A lawsuit CRST Expedited Inc. filed against Swift Transportation Co. that alleged Swift “poached†drivers was one of three such challenges CRST has lodged against competitors, but is so far the only one that has resulted in a financial penalty.
August 6, 2019Two Trucking Associations Challenging ‘ABC’ Contractor Test in Federal Court
An association of small to medium-sized motor carriers has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reject a decision last month by a federal district judge in California to dismiss a challenge to the so-called “ABC test,†which is used to decide if a contractor should be classified as an employee in California.
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