Amazon has found itself involved in three recent legal developments regarding its trucking operations.
In one, it suffered a setback in Indiana in a lawsuit involving a driver who was killed near a fulfillment center. In another, prosecutors in Connecticut said the company was scammed out of $3 million. And in the third, a tractor-trailer pulling an Amazon load near Chattanooga, Tennessee, was involved in an accident that led to multiple deaths and charges against the driver.
In the Indiana...
Motive is fighting a motion by Omnitracs for a new trial in a copyright infringement case. In seeking a retrial, Omnitracs claimed Motive used prejudiced religious and racial insinuations in court.
Motive’s response, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday, stated that the jury’s verdict was supported by “substantial evidence,” and that competing fleet technology company Omnitracs did not meet legal standards necessary to overturn the verdict or...
This is Part 1 of a series on CDL fraud looking at a recently enacted Arkansas law designed to get a handle on CDL fraud, and how that effort was informed by similar legislation in Texas.
Part 2 releasing Saturday examines how Texas uncovered a high number of phony documents held by people with Mexico’s equivalent of a CDL who in fact were from Central America.
Part 3 releasing Sunday looks at the ease with which fraudsters have exploited a loophole to obtain a Mexican document that essentially...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fake-cdls-language-laws-and-the-battle-for-safer-us-roads
California has taken steps that, if completed, would over time effectively end key portions of its Advanced Clean Fleets rule, through a settlement of a lawsuit by 16 states spearheaded by the Nebraska attorney general.
The settlement was posted Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. It is a predictable outcome of the decision in January by the state, through the California Air Resources Board (CARB), to withdraw its request for a waiver from the Environmental...
Cybersecurity provider Trellix recently released its April “CyberThreat Report” revealing an alarming rise in cyberattacks targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, with the freight and logistics sectors now in the crosshairs of nation-state actors and sophisticated ransomware groups.
Between October 2024 and March 2025, the U.S. saw a 136% increase in Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) activity, prolonged and targeted...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cyberthreats-surge-against-us-logistics-infrastructure
The past week saw two developments in the battle over defining independent contractor (IC) status: One would likely tighten the definition of what jobs hold IC status in a state that is a key transportation hub; the other would work to loosen the standards.
In New Jersey, the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development last week said it had filed a notice of proposal for new rules with the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law that would codify a definition of the ABC test throughout...
Lately, it feels like every time there’s a truck accident posted online, the comment section turns into the same broken record:
“Must’ve been one of those foreign drivers.”
“Probably someone with a non-domicile CDL.”
“Another reason they’re taking our jobs.”
Let me be crystal clear: That line of thinking? It’s full of assumptions, it’s dangerous, and it completely misses the real problem.
This issue with non-domiciled CDL holders exploding across the freight industry? It ain’t about race. It ain’t...
Omnitracs has filed a motion for a retrial after a federal jury found competitor Motive not guilty of copyright infringement.
The fleet tech provider sued Motive in October 2023 alleging it violated several patents related to fleet management systems and technologies. After a nearly two-year legal fight, the jury delivered a unanimous verdict finding Motive not guilty of these charges on April 25.
On Thursday, Omnitracs filed a 33-page motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/omnitracs-files-motion-for-retrial-over-motive-copyright-case
The freight and logistics industry is facing a critical issue: Many drivers are under-qualified, skirting regulations and avoiding responsibility. Industry stakeholders are asking, “Are our roads less safe due to these drivers?” and conversation across various groups has raised additional questions about the validity of non-domiciled CDL holders.
The problems
This issue is complex and multifaceted and comes down to a handful of points worthy of investigation:
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-freight-industry-has-a-cdl-issue-and-its-deeper-than-it-seems
A group of about 100 truck drivers has won a $10.46 million judgment in federal court in Michigan against a carrier that they said shorted them on payments related to cross-border freight.
The judgment Wednesday by Judge Gershwin A. Drain of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan put actual damages in the class action at about $3.5 million. That figure was tripled under provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act for a total of nearly $10.5...