The term “owner-operator” is nowhere defined in federal regulation. In fact, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration acknowledges as much in guidance related to definitions in drug and alcohol program regulations (§382.107): The guidance states:

Question 1: What is an owner-operator?

The [DOT] neither defines the term "owner-operator" nor use...

On June 8, the Trump administration rescinded a 2015 memorandum issued by President Obama’s Department of Labor (DOL) that was intended to provide guidance or department interpretation of what constituted an independent contractor across industries. The five-part test outlined in the memo issued by David Weil, administrator of DOL’s Wage and Hour D...

Although President Trump's recommended $1 trillion public/private infrastructure investment plan has garnered most of the discussion in transportation circles regarding his fiscal year 2018 proposed budget, the budget highlights for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration signal a departure from President Obama's FMCSA in the oversight of t...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's final rules rarely differ dramatically from what the agency floated in notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs). Often, major rules contain a few minor concessions that seem aimed mostly at making it look like the agency actually read public comments and at defending the rule in potential litigation a...

We are seeing more web-based load brokers, and now even Uber is getting into the act with its new Uber Freight initiative. The concept of all these efforts is simple: Provide a web-based marketplace for shippers to find low-cost trucking services in the spot market. These web-based "3PLs" actually are property brokers, but their model is much simpl...