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• Category: Appellate Practice
  • Court Affirms $350,000 Attorney Fee to The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC
  • The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC, Files OOIDA Challenge to Mexican Trucks
• Category: Constitutional Challenges to State Taxes
  • Pennsylvania Turnpike Tolls Unconstitutional
• Category: Motor Carrier Rulemaking
  • Owner-Operators Ask for Broker Transparency, Brokers’ Respond – None of Your Business – In FMCSA Listening Session on Broker Transparency Regulations
  • FMCSA to Host Listening Session on Broker Transparency Regulation
  • Will California’s New Zero-Emission Truck Rule Zero-Out Owner-Operator Opportunities?
  • California Highway Patrol Notice of Public Hearing on Adoption of ELD Rules
  • More Confusion over ELD Rule Outlined in Letter to States’ Attorneys General
  • DOT Asks: What regulations should DOT “Knock Out?”
  • Motor Carrier Safety Laws Out of Date in 26 States
  • TCLF had SCOTUSblog’ s Petition (for Certiorari) of the Day
  • June 26 Public Comment Deadline for Electronic Logging Rule
• Category: News
  • AB 5 Targets independent owner-operator drivers: New court filings by OOIDA
  • OOIDA argues in New York’s Highest Court: ELDs violate privacy protections under State Constitution.
  • When the government adopts into law a privately-developed standard, should the public have access to it for free?
  • FTC proposes to ban non-compete clauses in contracts because they…well…..reduce competition.
  • Mandatory labels on truck rear impact guards wear out and fall off. NHTSA rejects CVSA proposal to address this problem.
  • $30 annual fee and four annual emissions tests set for heavy-duty trucks operating in California.
  • 18 to 20-year-old truckers would be allowed to haul more freight under a bill introduced in Congress.
  • Trucking industry refuels its challenge to California’s AB-5 with new motions for a preliminary injunction.
  • FMCSA implements training and recertification rules for medical examiners
  • New Connecticut Highway Use Fee on heavy duty trucks takes effect– first fee due February 28, 2023
  • Court rules owner-operator may pursue claim that truck lease-purchase agreement was unlawful forced purchase under federal Truth-in-Leasing Rules.
  • Second preliminary injunction sought against AB-5 for the trucking industry.
  • FMCSA proposes even more electronic surveillance of carriers, drivers.
  • The Cullen Law Firm PLLC files an amicus brief concerning the EPA’s approval of California’s zero-emission vehicle rules.
  • Federal labor board proposes “joint employer” expansion to bring more companies within its collective bargaining rules.
  • Department of Labor proposes roll-back of 2021 worker classification rule
  • UPDATE: First Circuit Affirms District Court’s Determination that Maine Cannot Bar Canadian Truckers that Federal Law Allows
  • FMCSA asks, should ELDs record truckers’ locations more often?
  • Federal Court Grants OOIDA’s Request to Join the Fight Against California’s AB 5
  • Federal agency preparing surveys to study driver fatigue, asking for comments now whether its surveys hit the mark.
  • California Agencies to Hold AB5 Webinar for Trucking Industry
  • Trucking challenge to AB5 inches forward.
  • Constitutional Challenge to Indiana Oversize-Overweight Civil Penalties
  • OOIDA Tells the D.C. Circuit Court that Truckers Need 30-Minute Rest Break Flexibility to Do Their Jobs Safely
  • ELDs Violate Privacy Protections Under New York State Constitution, Argues OOIDA and Three Individual Truckers in Court
  • 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
  • Truckers Seek to Halt California Regulations Imposing Multi-Billion Dollar Interstate Electric Truck Requirements
  • OOIDA Tells Supreme Court that California’s AB 5 Eliminates the Business Model Driving the Trucking Industry—Independent Owner-Operators.
  • 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
  • OOIDA Explains to Supreme Court How False Reporting Hurts Truckers’ Reputations and Employability
  • The California Supreme Court Provides New Guidance on How AB 5 Could Impact Independent Owner-Operator Truck Drivers Based Throughout the Nation
  • Fourteen States Join California in a Commitment to Phasing Out Diesel Trucks
  • Congress Considering Raising Minimum Motor Carrier Public Liability Insurance to $2 Million
  • Judge Gives the Green Light to Constitutional Challenge to Rhode Island’s Truck-Tolling Scheme
  • Big Brother and the License Plate Data Holding Company: Your Constitutional Right to Privacy on the Open Road
  • California’s AB 5 Lawsuit Against Uber and Lyft: What it Means to Perform Work “That Is Outside the Usual Course of the Hiring Entity’s Business.”
  • OOIDA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Current Injunction of AB 5 Enforcement
  • OOIDA Urges Federal Appeals Court to Stop States From Using Truck-Only Tolls to Balance Their Budgets
  • Public Eyes, They’re Watching You
  • Application for Paycheck Protection Loans for Small Businesses and Independent Contractors Now Available: What You Need to Know
  • NEW GOVERNMENT LOAN PROGRAMS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS HURT BY COVID-19 VIRUS
  • Independent Contractors Whose Businesses Are Hurt by COVID-19 to Get Unemployment Benefits Under New CARES Act
  • Celadon Owner-Operators: Does the Bankruptcy Affect Your Escrow?
  • Is the FAAAA Preemption Writing on the Wall for AB 5?
  • FAAAA Delay: Curves Ahead for AB 5
  • When States Impose High Fines and Take You to the Cleaners
  • The ABC’s of AB5: California’s New Employment Classification Law
  • The Cullen Law Firm PLLC Files Petition with the Supreme Court to Review Excessive Tolls Issues on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
  • The Cullen Law Firm Seeks to Enjoin the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission from Transferring Millions in Excess Tolls to PennDOT For Support of Local Infrastructure Unrelated To Turnpike Use
  • The Cullen Law Firm Wins Class Certification; Defeats Motion for Summary Judgment in BMC-85 Trust Lawsuit
  • The Cullen Law Firm Mourns the Passing of OOIDA’s Jim Johnston
  • Federal Court: Motor carriers cannot charge owner-operators for ELD service.
  • Court Approvals $44.4 Million Class Action Tax Refund
  • The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC, Obtains Landmark Ruling From Arizona Court Of Appeals In Class Action Case Alleging Breach Of Fiduciary Duty By Trustee Under Bmc-85 Trust
  • The Cullen Law Firm Obtains $44.4 Million Class Action Settlement; Notice Sent to Class Members
  • The Cullen Law Firm Obtains Important Class Action Ruling Enjoining the State of New York From Collecting Unconstitutional Truck Registration Fees
  • The D.C. Court of Appeals Invites Amicus Curie on D.C. Consumer Protection Act
  • Class Cert Granted in Challenge to N.Y. Truck Permit Fee
• Category: The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC
  • Your Privacy Rights in the Time of COVID-19
• Category: Tolls
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Supreme Court Hears Case Regarding Police Need for Warrant to Search Cell Phones

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