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In Brief

Hugo Daniel Solana was sentenced Sept. 21 in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., to one year probation after pleading guilty to impersonating a federal motor carrier inspector. Solana, owner of motor carrier consulting firm ...

USA Truck loses agent commission suit

Van Buren, Ark.-based USA Truck Inc. faces about $4.5 million in damages, interest and attorneys fees after an unsuccessful appeal of a jury verdict finding the carrier in violation of its obligations to pay commissions ...

Country of origin affects liability

Q:I am confused about laws concerning the country of origin. I have seen the issue come up twice in customer contracts in the last six months. We were asked to sign contracts with ...

In Brief

Illinois enacted legislation prohibiting contract provisions that require motor carriers to indemnify shippers against loss or damage resulting from the shipper’s negligence. More than a dozen states have adopted similar anti-indemnification laws. Rubik ...

Court upholds fraud sentence

A federal appeals court upheld a 10-year sentence and $1.7 million restitution order for Roger Waldner, a Dubuque, Iowa, businessman who had pled guilty to two counts of bankruptcy fraud in connection with ...

Live Stream from the CCJ Spring Symposium

Get a peak at the  CCJ Spring Symposium sessions in real-time as we live stream from this year's event.  We will be streaming two sessions including:  "Obamacare's Effect on Carriers" and an executive panel on“The Pitfalls of Independent Contractor Misclassification”.  If you are interested in attending the event in Birmingham, we offer both full registration which includes all sessions, meals, hotel, golf/spa or partial registration without hotel.

No free ride for trucking

Carriers likely to pay more for highway overhauls Q: Rep. John Murtha got a new runway for an underused airport, and turtles got a tunnel. What stimulus program is there for "shovel-ready" highway projects? A: Not much ...

Liability runs up to supply chain

Courts forget that carriers are federally regulated Q: Are you familiar with the new Indiana decision, Ill. Bulk Carrier, Inc. v. Jackson? (2009 Ind. App. Lexis 900; Ind. Ct. App. June 16, 2009). The ambulance chaser ...

IF they broke it, they pay for it

Origin carrier dictates interline, concurrence agreement Q- We have an interline agreement or concurrence with a connecting carrier that states that National Motor Freight Classification freight claims rules apply with no provisions for exceptions. As the ...

Dead men serving

Make sure your process agents are still on the job We are a small carrier that for years has paid an annual fee for process agents. We have been solicited by companies that offer to provide ...

Jason’s Law honors murdered trucker

The American Trucking Associations has announced its applause for Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for introducing legislation H.R. 2156 in the House and S.971 in the Senate, titled "Jason's Law," that ...

CSA'S Data Trail

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Infographic: Small Fleets loom large on inspectors’ radar

The smallest fleets' trucks get inspected much more frequently than those of large fleets. Click here to see the comparisons between one-truck ...

CSA’s crash flaw: Enforcement, accident rates do not mesh

Risk & Reward, Part 1: How CSA’s data shows discrimination toward small carriers

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