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Independent Contractor Owner-Operators and the Second Trump Administration: Motor Carrier Expectations for the Road Ahead

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The role of independent contractor owner-operators (“ICOOs”) in the trucking industry has a long history as a business model and also as a lightning rod for scrutiny. ...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Motor Carriers Beware: Department of Labor Revises Classification of Independent Contractors Under Fair Labor Standards Act

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On January 10, 2024 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule (29 CFR 795) revising the DOL’s guidance on how to analyze who is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Ride-Sharing Industry Prevails, While Trucking Industry has More Legal Work to do: April 2021 News Update

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April 2021 was a meaningful month for two industries that are hardly strangers to lawsuits involving the status of workers as independent contractors. A federal district court in the District of Columbia issued an extremely...more

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