California Agencies to Hold AB5 Webinar for Trucking Industry
Now that the preliminary injunction prohibiting the State of California from enforcing AB5 has been lifted, there is increased interest in the trucking industry for what is next. When […]
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Trucking challenge to AB5 inches forward.
In the first district court action in months in the California Trucking Association’s (CTA’s) legal challenge to AB5, the federal district court in San Diego held a hearing to […]
Constitutional Challenge to Indiana Oversize-Overweight Civil Penalties
In mid-2020, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc., began receiving calls from members stating that they had each received notice in the mail of a maximum $5,000 civil oversize/overweight fine. […]
OOIDA Tells the D.C. Circuit Court that Truckers Need 30-Minute Rest Break Flexibility to Do Their Jobs Safely
The Cullen Law Firm PLLC has filed a brief on behalf of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. (OOIDA) in support of FMCSA’s latest changes to the hours-of-service rules […]
ELDs Violate Privacy Protections Under New York State Constitution, Argues OOIDA and Three Individual Truckers in Court
In February, attorneys for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. (OOIDA) and three of its operator members recently argued to a 5-justice panel of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate […]
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Federal Vaccine Mandate On Large Businesses With 100 Employees Or More, But Allows Mandate For Healthcare Workers In Facilities Participating In Medicare Or Medicaid
On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion, blocked the Biden Administration’s vaccine and testing mandate aimed at large businesses with at least 100 employees. The mandate […]
Truckers Seek to Halt California Regulations Imposing Multi-Billion Dollar Interstate Electric Truck Requirements
On October 29, 2021, The Cullen Law Firm submitted objections (OOIDA’s comments) to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on behalf of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), the […]
OOIDA Tells Supreme Court that California’s AB 5 Eliminates the Business Model Driving the Trucking Industry—Independent Owner-Operators.
On September 10, 2021, the Cullen Law Firm filed on behalf of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association a brief as amicus curiae in support of truckers challenging California’s worker […]
Truckers Ask Federal Appeals Court to Rehear its Decision that the Constitution Does Not Limit the Amount of Highway Tolls a State Can Impose on Interstate Commerce
On March 9, 2021, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that the Constitution does not limit […]