Groups lose latest court attempt to block California’s AB5 from state’s trucking sector

In a sweeping decision, a federal district court judge in California on Friday rejected arguments that the state’s independent contractor law, AB5, should be barred from regulating California’s trucking industry. Judge Roger Benitez of the California federal district court for the state’s Southern district not only failed to order a new injunction, he also tossed…

Louisiana trucker charged with negligent homicide in 168-vehicle pileup

A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a crash last year that killed a Missouri man. The crash was one of several that killed eight people. On Oct. 23, Ronald Britt of Lafayette was driving his 80,000-pound truck around 60 mph on Interstate 55 during a “severe fog”…

After minimum pay rule passes, Uber and Lyft threaten to leave Minneapolis

The clock is ticking on a threat by Uber and Lyft to pull out of Minneapolis on May 1 after the City Council this week overrode a mayoral veto of an ordinance laying out minimum compensation requirements for app-based drivers. The current measure has few substantive differences from a plan that died last year after…