July 02, 2021
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarifying the limits of specific personal jurisdiction for automakers and a spate of Ninth Circuit rulings concerning California workplace regulations and the scope of federal preemption are among the biggest court decisions of the first half of 2021 impacting the transportation industry.
June 21, 2021
The full Ninth Circuit will not rehear a split-panel decision that allowed enforcement of a California worker classification law on truckers after the majority found that federal law doesn't trump the state's higher standard.
June 08, 2021
Trucking groups have urged the full Ninth Circuit to revisit a split panel's recent finding that federal law doesn't trump California's heightened standard for legally classifying workers as independent contractors, saying subjecting commercial truckers to the state law would upend interstate commerce.
May 27, 2021
The full Ninth Circuit should reconsider a split-panel decision to nix a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of a California worker classification law, a state truckers organization said, arguing the panel majority wrongly held that a federal law did not preempt the classification statute.
April 29, 2021
The trucking industry is girding for new legal clashes and compliance hurdles after the Ninth Circuit held federal law doesn't shield motor carriers from California's heightened legal standard for classifying workers as independent contractors.
April 28, 2021
A split Ninth Circuit panel said Wednesday that federal law doesn't trump California's heightened standard for legally classifying workers as independent contractors, dealing a blow to commercial truckers who claimed the Golden State law would wreak havoc on operational and hiring practices.
December 18, 2020
Appellate courts handed down mixed rulings this year on whether gig-economy drivers are exempt from arbitration, and California courts issued decisions narrowing the scope of the federal government's preemption of certain regulations for airline and trucking workers. Here’s a look at some of the biggest rulings that impacted the transportation sector in 2020.
September 01, 2020
A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday questioned whether motor carriers can prove that federal law trumps a new California law that raised the bar for legally classifying workers as independent contractors, as it considers whether an injunction in the case was justified.
May 07, 2020
The California Trucking Association told the Ninth Circuit Wednesday that a district court properly gave motor carriers a temporary legal shield while they pursue their constitutional challenge to a Golden State law that raises the bar for legally classifying workers as independent contractors.
March 19, 2020
As the coronavirus continues to ravage California, the lead lawmaker behind the state's recent worker classification reform has called on regulators to let misclassified workers collect unemployment, and the cities of Oakland and Los Angeles have urged the Ninth Circuit to reapply the law to truckers.