Taylor Nelson attends FMCSA Event By: Amelia Kozlowski, Esq. On May 29, 2024, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) held its second Registration Modernization Stakeholder Day where industry stakeholders, such as Taylor Nelson, learned about the...
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Dispatch Services remain on the fence between Broker and Bona Fide Agents
By: Bryan J. Nelson, Esq. On June 15, 2023, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) issued final guidance regarding its “interpretation of the definitions of ‘broker’ and ‘bona fide agents’ as it relates to all brokers of transportation by motor...
The FMCSA Seeks Guidance on Brokers and Bona Fide Agents
Deadline for Response July 11 By: John Marchione and Alyssa Milby The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) has requested public comments on the growing question of what makes a broker a broker. The FMCSA breaks it down into a series of questions. The...
FMCSA Emergency Declaration & Waiver Extension
Based on recent developments involving the Delta Variant of the Covid-19 virus, the FMCSA has announced the extension of several of the COVID-19 Emergency Waivers and Declarations that were set to expire at the end of August. The extension will run until November 30,...
Carrier Compliance Audits Dipped in 2020 – But Offsite Reviews Skyrocketed
Originally published in CCJ on February 8, 2021. Republished with permission. All rights reserved. Like so many other businesses who were forced to reinvent how they conducted themselves in 2020, the pandemic impacted how the U.S. DOT and its state enforcement...
The FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is Live!
In case you missed it, the FMCSA now maintains a central database of records of all drug and alcohol program violations, the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. Employers are required to search the system to determine whether current and prospective CDL and CLP drivers...
January 6, 2020 Marks the Next Phase of the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
On January 6, 2020, the next phase of the regulations controlling the creation and participation requirements for the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse will go into effect. These regulations will impose new requirements on different players in the transportation...
Florida Court Rules in Critical Case for Trucking Companies: Motor Carriers Not Strictly Liable for Third Party Repairs
On December 3, 2019, a Florida appeals court rejected a novel theory that would have held a motor carrier fully liable for the negligent acts of an independent repair facility. In dismissing the theory that a motor carrier owes a nondelegable duty for the negligent...
FMCSA Regulation Updates: Lease and Interchange of Vehicles by Mexico-Domiciled Motor Carriers Now Allowed AND Hours of Service of Drivers Extension of Compliance Date
Lease and Interchange of Vehicles by Mexico-Domiciled Motor Carriers: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released a notice on November 22, 2016 concerning the authority of Mexico-Domiciled Motor Carriers to lease and interchange vehicles to U.S....
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