June 21, 2019
A California federal judge on Friday ordered an Amazon delivery driver to arbitrate claims that the retail behemoth shorted her wages, meals and rest periods, putting her proposed class action on hold while an arbitrator considers the allegations.
January 15, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court's Tuesday ruling that transportation workers, regardless of whether they're employees or independent contractors, are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act chipped at the shield some employers have long relied on to insulate themselves from legal attacks, experts say.
January 15, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that trucking company New Prime Inc. cannot compel arbitration in a class action alleging it failed to pay independent contractor truck-driver apprentices the proper minimum wage, saying transportation workers engaged in interstate commerce, including those classified as independent contractors, are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act.
January 01, 2019
Wage-and-hour lawsuits challenging the independent-contractor classification of drivers in the commercial trucking, delivery and ride-hailing industries and lawsuits concerning arbitration and class action standards are among the court battles that transportation attorneys will keep their eye on in 2019.
October 03, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a truck driver's arguments Wednesday that Congress had the foresight in the 1920s to prohibit commerce employers such as New Prime Inc. from forcing independent contractors, like all other cross-border workers, into arbitration.
September 28, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court will be one member short when it comes in session Monday morning to hear a handful of cases being closely followed by environmental and employment lawyers after sexual assault claims derailed D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh's hopes for a speedy confirmation.
July 26, 2018
Massachusetts' attorney general and the junior senator from Rhode Island, who is also a former Ocean State attorney general and U.S. attorney, each told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that trucking company New Prime Inc. should not be able to compel arbitration in a class action brought by independent contractor truck-driver apprentices who say they were denied proper minimum wage.
July 24, 2018
Trial lawyers and consumer advocates told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that trucking company New Prime Inc. cannot compel arbitration in a class action alleging it failed to pay independent contractor truck-driver apprentices proper minimum wage, saying Congress meant to exempt all transportation workers from the Federal Arbitration Act.
July 19, 2018
Truck driver Dominic Oliveira urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject New Prime Inc.'s bid to have the justices compel arbitration in his class action alleging the trucking company failed to pay independent contractor truck-driver apprentices a proper minimum wage, insisting the Federal Arbitration Act doesn't apply here.
July 16, 2018
A California wage dispute against North American transportation logistics giant J.B. Hunt and a duel at the nation's highest court over whether trucking company New Prime can enforce an arbitration clause in its independent contractor agreement are among the court battles that trucking industry attorneys are watching in the second half of this year.