June 28, 2016
A dispute over the U.S. Department of Transportation's tank car rules for trains carrying crude oil and labor suits challenging commercial truckers, delivery giants and ride-hailing companies' classification of drivers as independent contractors are among the court battles that transportation attorneys will watch as 2016 continues to unfold.
March 22, 2016
Railroads and the oil and natural gas industry said Tuesday that their D.C. Circuit challenges to a new safety rule for trains carrying crude oil should be put off for now, provided they can save for future their dispute over the rule's special brakes requirement.