Category: Transportation

​​The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is tasked by federal law with regulating trucking companies. The regulator literally has the power to shut down a company. Its investigations can be intensive and feel borderline intrusive. However, trucking companies also have legal rights. Regulators can overstep their bounds and harm the business. Even when your…

​​Trucking, transportation companies, and other businesses that own transportation fleets have been on the receiving end of an increasing number of enormous jury verdicts. These so-called “nuclear verdicts” have put some trucking companies out of business while causing grave financial harm to others. Massive jury verdicts should prompt companies to act now, both to manage…

​​Transportation carriers have plenty to worry about when they are shipping goods for their customers. They must follow a myriad of federal and state laws when doing so. In addition, they must deal with common law rules of negligence when one of their drivers is involved in an accident. Many of these rules can vary…

​​Trucking companies continue to add as many qualified drivers as they are able. Drivers are in short supply, and companies are doing everything that they can to fill positions. As of February 7, 2022, there will be new training standards in place from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) within the U.S. Department of…

​​The outbreak of the novel coronavirus Sars-Cov-2, also known as COVID-19, has brought profound changes and disruptions to nearly every aspect of transportation in the United States. The airline, automobile, and rail industries, as well as the energy companies that support them all, have been hit hard by the virus itself, stay-at-home orders, and even…