Since its passage last week, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (the Act) has produced endless summaries and analyses of its text, most notably in regard to the increased access to Small Business...more
Title IV of the CARES Act addressed certain issues involving air carriers. Section 4006 mandates that the Secretary of Transportation require, to the extent reasonably practicable, that air carriers maintain scheduled air...more
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The business and legal impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will be far reaching. Below, we address some of the many questions that clients may have regarding supply chain disruption.
What is the first step a...more
The modern workplace has a dizzying array of formal and informal relationships between individuals performing work and the persons and entities they perform the work for—beyond just the typical employer/employee relationship....more
A highly anticipated decision granting a preliminary injunction preventing California from applying its new independent contractor test to motor carriers was issued by Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez on January...more
United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine Chao announced the federal government’s latest policy for autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, aimed at ensuring “American leadership in AV technology and...more
Good news for the motor carrier industry … for now. A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order that prevents the state of California from enforcing a strict independent contractor misclassification law against...more
In 2014, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Dilts, et al v. Penske Logistics, Inc., et al that California’s employee meal and rest break rules (MRB Rules) applied to motor carrier drivers, despite the defendant’s...more