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SCOTUS rejects FAAAA shield for freight brokers

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On May 14, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark unanimous ruling that will fundamentally reshape trucking and freight brokerage litigation....more

McCarter & English, LLP

Supreme Court Expands Freight Broker Liability for Negligent Hiring

In a long-anticipated ruling, the US Supreme Court determined in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC et al. that freight brokers are subject to state-law negligent hiring claims and do not get the benefit of federal...more

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Beyond Preemption to Proof: What Montgomery v. Caribe Changes for Broker Liability Litigation

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In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held that state-law negligent-selection claims against freight brokers are not barred by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (“FAAAA”) because such claims fall...more

Segal McCambridge

Unanimous Supreme Court Rules That Freight Brokers Are Subject to Negligent Hiring Lawsuits Under State Law | No FAAAA Preemption

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On Thursday, May 14, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 9-0 opinion authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, held that brokers who select motor carriers to transport shippers’ goods are subject to state laws governing...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Litigation Under the Antiterrorism Act: Updates From Early 2026

So far in 2026, plaintiffs have filed comparably fewer new actions under the Antiterrorism Act of 1990 (ATA), as amended by the 2016 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)....more

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Supreme Court rules freight brokers can be held liable under state negligence law

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On May 14, 2026, a unanimous Supreme Court decision held that state-law negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers are not preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA or F4A). The...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Is Congress the Next Stop for Freight Brokers After Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II Held No Preemption?

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In Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, No. 24-1238 (U.S. May 14, 2026), the Supreme Court held that a claim that a freight broker negligently hired a motor carrier to transport goods falls within the safety exception to...more

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Supreme Court Unanimously Holds Negligent-Hiring Claims Against Freight Brokers Survive FAAAA Preemption

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Today, in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, a unanimous Supreme Court held that negligent carrier selection claims are saved by the FAAAA’s safety exception. Justice Barrett, writing for the majority, applied a...more

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Supreme Court Opens Freight Brokers to Negligent-Hiring Claims

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In a unanimous decision issued on May 14, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC that freight brokers can be sued under state negligent-hiring law when they select motor carriers with...more

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A New Risk Landscape: Supreme Court Expands Freight Broker Exposure Under the FAAAA

On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant transportation law decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, resolving a long-standing split among federal courts concerning the scope of the Federal...more

Morris James LLP

Supreme Court Allows Negligent-Hiring Claims Against Freight Brokers After Serious Truck Collisions

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The decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC confirms that freight brokers may face state-law claims when they select unsafe motor carriers to transport goods....more

Hicks Johnson

Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Decision Clears Negligent Hiring Claims Against Freight Brokers To Proceed, Opening the Door to...

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Today, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, et al., unanimously holding that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (the “FAA Authorization...more

Saiber LLC

The Saiber Construction Law Column: April 2026

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To assert a claim for fraud in New Jersey, a plaintiff must show (1) a material misrepresentation of a presently existing or past fact, (2) knowledge or belief by the defendant of its falsity, (3) an intention that the other...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Issues FAAAA Preemption Decision

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In Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, No. 24-1238 (U.S. May 14, 2026), the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision addressing whether negligent selection claims against transportation brokers are preempted by federal law....more

Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP

SCOTUS: FAAAA Does Not Preempt Negligent-Selection Claims Against Freight Brokers - What Brokers, Carriers and Shippers Should Do...

In a unanimous decision released May 14, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA) does not preempt state-law claims that a freight broker negligently selected an...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Supreme Court Clears Path for Negligent-Hiring Claims Against Transportation Brokers

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In a unanimous decision issued Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that state-law negligent-hiring claims against transportation brokers are not preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act...more

Hogan Lovells

Causation, statutory architecture, and the limits of auditor liability - Wine Enterprise v Crowe

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Auditor negligence claims are rarely won on breach alone. In Wine Enterprise v Crowe, the English High Court focused on whether a different audit approach would realistically have changed the company’s trajectory, and on the...more

Marshall Dennehey

New Jersey Appellate Division Clarifies Limits of Transactional Attorneys’ Duties and Proof of Damages in Legal Malpractice Claims

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On April 15, 2026, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued an important decision in Gonzalez v. DiBello, et al., A‑2334‑24 (App. Div. Apr. 15, 2026), affirming summary judgment in favor of a transactional attorney accused of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Words Matter: How to Draft Arbitration Agreements That Hold Up in Court - Employment Law This Week®

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What employers should know about key developments this week: • Arbitration Agreement Drafting Pitfalls: Vague or imprecise language regarding discovery, confidentiality, neutrality, and mutuality can hand employees a...more

Fried Frank

Chancery Finds Buyer’s Oral Statements about Future Plans May Have Gone Beyond “Mere Puffery” and Fraudulently Induced Seller to...

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In Shareholder Representative Services LLC v. Sphera Solutions, Inc. (Mar. 31, 2026), a Magistrate for the Court of Chancery, in a letter decision, at the pleading stage of the litigation, declined to dismiss the plaintiff’s...more

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Montes v. SPARC Group LLC: Washington Supreme Court holds consumer is not injured for disappointed expectations of a bargain under...

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On April 2, 2026, the Washington Supreme Court issued a decision in Montes v. SPARC Group LLC, holding that a consumer who purchases a product at a discounted advertised price, and receives exactly what was advertised, does...more

ALTO Litigation

April Trade Secrets Litigation Brief: AI Cardiology Dispute, Aviation Engineer’s Guilty Plea, and Insurance Exec Accused of Data...

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Trade secret litigation often turns on fast-moving disputes over information, competition, and control. Each month, we highlight notable rulings, verdicts, and enforcement actions shaping trade secret risk and litigation...more

Baker Donelson

The Invisible Insider: How AI Agents Enable Undetectable Trade Secret Theft – and What Companies Must Do Now

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Key Takeaways - AI agents can harvest, synthesize, and exfiltrate trade secrets through more than a dozen evasion techniques that generate no conventional security alert....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Is it Time for Courts to Embrace Shareholder Oppression Outside of the Corporate Dissolution Context?

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This week, we take a break from our regular coverage of recent developments in business divorce caselaw in favor of a more enduring, slightly more scholarly debate.  Don your herringbone, affix your spectacles, and retreat to...more

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The DTSA Turns Ten: What a Decade of Litigation Tells Us

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May 11, 2026 marks the tenth anniversary of the Defend Trade Secrets Act. The DTSA created a federal civil cause of action for trade secret misappropriation, giving companies across the country a powerful new tool to protect...more

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