The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on May 14, 2026, that freight brokers can be sued under state negligence law for ...

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II that federal law does not shield freight ...

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that state negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers are not preempted by the FAAAA. Twenty-eight thousand brokers just woke up in a different legal ...

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that freight brokers could be sued under state negligent-selection tort claims, rejecting the argument that they were immune to such lawsuits, ...

On May 14, 2026, a unanimous Supreme Court decision held that state-law negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers are not preempted by ...

TOLEDO, Ohio, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Every year, more than 5,000 people are killed in crashes involving large commercial trucks in the United States. Many of those tragedies involve carriers ...

The US Supreme Court said freight brokers may face negligent hiring claims over injuries caused by motor carriers they hire, a ruling that could expand states’ authority to regulate the trucking ...

Since its inception, MAP-21 has allowed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to play fast and loose with its enforcement of regulations involving brokers — particularly when it comes to ...

The freight brokerage industry, once driven by venture capital funding, is grappling with a changing financing landscape and liquidity challenges. Brokers who borrowed against accounts receivable (AR) ...

When it comes to the freight broker profession, the myths you can hear can be quite wild — and far from reality. In today’s world of information overload, it’s easy to confuse truth and fiction. When ...

Melissa Forman said double brokering was not talked about as much before six months ago, but with the freight industry on a downswing, bad actors are getting desperate to make an extra dollar. Forman, ...

The middlemen who match shipments with trucks have been seeing their ranks swell of late, thanks in large part to web-based software programs that have greatly lowered the cost barrier to entry. Among ...