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The U.S. Supreme Court has put Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC on a fast track, granting a briefing schedule that starts with the petitioner’s merits brief due December 1 and the respondents’ brief due January 14. The petitioner, truck-crash…
The U.S. Supreme Court has put firm dates on Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, the long-awaited case that could decide whether freight brokers face state-law negligence claims for carrier selection. In a Nov. 13 order, the justices granted a scheduling…
California’s clash with federal regulators over commercial driver licensing is no longer a Golden State story — it’s now a live-fire test of how far Washington will go to police state licensing programs and how quickly courts will rein in…
The U.S. Supreme Court has set a merits-briefing timeline in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II that will carry the long-running broker-liability fight into early 2026: the petitioner’s brief and joint appendix are due December 1, the respondents’ brief is due…
California’s high-stakes fight over who can hold a commercial driver’s license is now shaping federal enforcement well beyond the state’s borders. In the last 48 hours, a federal appeals court in Washington put the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new limits…
Nine Republican attorneys general are urging federal rail regulators to scrutinize Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern, arguing the tie-up risks higher shipping costs, weaker service — and even national security consequences. In a letter to the…
The U.S. Supreme Court has set the pace for the high‑stakes fight over freight broker liability. On Thursday, November 13, 2025, the justices granted a scheduling request that puts petitioner briefs and the joint appendix for Montgomery v. Caribe Transport…
At a spirited “Great Freight Debate” this week, FreightWaves founder Craig Fuller and DAT’s chief of strategy Ken Adamo offered sharply different diagnoses of a trucking market still searching for a bottom. Fuller argued that capacity is quietly tightening and…
The U.S. Supreme Court has put the first pins in the calendar for Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, the closely watched case that will determine how far federal law shields freight brokers from state negligent-selection claims. On Thursday, November 13,…
California’s move to cancel roughly 17,000 non‑domiciled commercial driver’s licenses has kicked a statehouse dispute into a nationwide enforcement story — one that carriers and shippers can’t afford to ignore. State officials began notifying affected drivers this week that their…
