Since then, many in the trucking industry have been considering and evaluating alternative ways to maintain a mechanism of dispute resolution through arbitration on an individual basis so as to avoid class actions, collective...more
8/29/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Class Action ,
Collective Actions ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Independent Contractors ,
New Prime v Oliveira ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour
On January 15, 2019, in a very disappointing decision for the trucking industry regarding the application of arbitration provisions in motor carrier-independent contractor service agreements, the U.S. Supreme Court...more
Recently, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in a case of first impression (Oliveira v. Prime) further demonstrated the importance of choice of law provisions in Independent Contractor Service Agreements (“ICSAs”) as they...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review the Swift worker misclassification case, which has been working its way through the courts for several years. That decision has brought up a lot of questions on the...more