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.
May 22, 2018
A trucking industry lobbying group, a D.C. think tank and a Boston public-interest law firm urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to compel arbitration in a class action accusing New Prime Inc. of failing to pay independent contractor truck-driver apprentices a proper minimum wage.
February 26, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear New Prime Inc.'s bid to compel arbitration in a class action over its apprenticeship program, after the trucking company asked it to decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act exception for interstate transportation workers applies to independent contractors.