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Roetzel & Andress

New Scam Targeting Motor Carriers

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Consistent with an uptick in fraud in the trucking industry, a new scam email started making its rounds to motor carriers the week of July 29, 2024. The email, appearing to be from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

FMCSA Extends COVID-19 Relief Measures Through May 2021

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Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) acting Administrator Meera Joshi has extended the Emergency Declaration offering regulatory relief to commercial motor carriers transporting essential supplies to May 31, 2021....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Transportation Employers Get A Break On Random Testing

The FMCSA will exercise "enforcement flexibility." The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced last week that it will be flexible when, due to COVID-19, transportation employers are unable to comply with the...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Waiver For Pre-Employment Drug Testing Extended By FMCSA

The waiver is in effect through September 30. Here is the announcement from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. You can download a copy of the Guidance at the link...more

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FMSCA-Regulated Employers Take Note: Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Implementation Quickly Approaching

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In 2012, Congress passed and President Obama signed the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act,” a transportation reauthorization bill referred to as “MAP-21.”...more

Michigan Auto Law

Truck safety crackdown on chameleon carriers must continue

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Chameleon carriers – dangerous trucking companies using new names to hide history of safety violations – are 3 times more likely to cause a truck accident - Lawyers who specialize in helping people injured in truck...more

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Eighth Circuit Upholds Trucking Company's Sleep Study Requirement Based on Driver BMI

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On October 12, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit found in favor of a large transportation employer’s driver sleep study testing requirement in a lawsuit challenging the practice under the Americans with...more

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