Backers of California’s AB5 independent contractor law have scored a fresh victory after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the Postmates/Uber case.
Opponents of a bill transferring significant authority over California warehouses from local governments to the state are waiting to see whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign it.
The EPA is seeking comment on whether to grant California a waiver to enforce the Advanced Clean Fleets rule.
The California Trucking Association and OOIDA plan to appeal a recent decision upholding California’s independent contractor law, AB5, to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The odds of winning the big AB5 independent contractor case on appeal, after last week’s smackdown in a lower court, are considered slim, observers say.
A new attempt to keep California’s independent contractor law AB5 from the state’s trucking sector was thoroughly rejected by a federal judge this week.
A rule on warehouse emissions that the California Trucking Association viewed as like a zero-emission vehicle mandate has been upheld in court.
California won’t enforce its rule that only zero-emission vehicles can be registered as drayage trucks after the start of 2024.
A small victory in court over a new California rule doesn’t slow another part of the state’s march toward zero-emission refrigerated trucks … but not trailers.
Workhorse Group made progress toward scaling its electric truck business, but being shut out of California incentives dented revenue.
The California Trucking Association has filed suit in federal court, seeking to block implementation of the California Advanced Clean Fleets rule.
California has made its case in the latest round of AB5 legal proceedings, and it can cite the past trucking year in its arguments.
In the latest bid to block the AB5 independent contractor law from implementation in California’s trucking sector, two key groups are quoting the author of the law.
The suit by the California Trucking Association and OOIDA against California’s AB5 independent contractor law will add an argument that succeeded elsewhere.
A new law in California will restrict the imposition of detention and demurrage charges that can be levied in the state.
El estatus de interventor se solicitó por primera vez en 2021, pero el fiscal general dice que incluso eso era demasiado tarde
California is pushing back against the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s attempt to become an intervenor in the ongoing CTA lawsuit over AB5.
AB5 was the topic of an IANA panel discussion, with compliance through brokerage seen as a leading option for trucking companies.
The California Trucking Association filed its brief to the Supreme Court, laying out arguments why the court should review AB5 in the state’s trucking sector.
If certiorari is denied, the injunction blocking AB5 from being implemented in the state will disappear immediately.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the California Trucking Association’s request to rehear the decision that lifted the injunction against California’s independent contractor law.
The injunction blocking AB 5 is still in place for now.
The California Trucking Association lawsuit was able to hold off the law in the state’s trucking industry for 16 months, but the injunction it won has been overturned.
The California Trucking Association is using the decision to support its AB5 appeal.
VW settlement money is helping fleets replace polluting vehicles with cleaner equipment, but so far most of the money is invested in diesel, not electrification.
California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control is accused of failing to enforce environmental law.
Analysis concludes West Coast ports have lost 19.4% of market share since 2006.
California Air Resources Board is preparing a rule that would require fleets in California to purchase the electric trucks manufacturers are now required to sell.
Plus: California Trucking Association, CERES, release report on path to electrification
“With ongoing challenges posed by the coronavirus, there is real concern about these fees being assessed when there are equipment issues beyond the control of the shipper or motor carrier,” 67 trade associations told the Federal Maritime Commission.
“No decisions” on next steps after appeals court ruling on sleeper berth petition.
$54.6 million in back wages at stake for drivers in California.
PRO Act’s provisions mirror California law upending independent contractor status.
CRST, U.S. Xpress also support petition to review decision awarding $54.6 million to drivers.
Ben Thrower examines the issues surrounding California’s AB-5, which impacts truckers who are independent contractors.
California’s AB5 has caused significant disruption prior to the planned enforcement period. Has there been a measurable impact to the supply of carriers in the state?
As truckers wrestle with a new California law, AB5, that seeks to limit independent contractors, a trucking organization based in the state has filed a new challenge to a sweeping labor law that will affect them on Jan. 1.
The rule would require half of all new medium- and heavy duty truck sales sold in California by 2030 to be zero-emissions vehicles.
Backers seek to put ballot initiative to state voters with aim to redefine independent contractor drivers.
Despite sea change in business model, carriers and drivers may want to wait for more clarity.
Bill approved in state senate with no carve-out for owner-operators
Groups claim teen drivers carry more risk resulting in more fatalities.
The Supreme Court denial effectively upholds a lower court decision that gives the states powers that the California Trucking Association said it legally should not have.
Trucking association sought to take one tool from state regulators for classifying drivers as contractors or full-time employees.
