The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II to decide if the FAAAA preempts state negligence claims against freight brokers.

While the concept of preemption dates back almost two centuries, the scope and extent of preemption remains a hot topic of litigation, especially when considering the preemptive effect of the Federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A freight broker arranging a shipment must now consider not only the federal carrier registration system, but also whether a jury ...

Does the FAAAA Preempt State Negligence Claims Against Freight Brokers? "In issuing what is apparently the first New Jersey court decision on this issue, the Superior Court" has ruled whether the ...

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With two requests before the Supreme Court to have the nine justices take up the issue of broker liability, the Transportation Intermediaries Association has weighed in on one of them, saying that ...

United States Supreme Court on June 27 declined review of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Miller v. C.H. Robinson – a case that has been of keen interest to the transportation industry ...

Does the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 preempt state regulation of carriers that deliver shipments of tobacco and other products? Can a state require shippers of tobacco ...

On January 29, 2019, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) does not preempt New Jersey’s ABC test for determining ...