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Oct 29, 2024

Supreme Court warns Ninth Circuit decision in Olson v. California puts constitutional rights in peril

Oct 29, 2024

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Sep 19, 2024

Oregon Trucking Companies Challenge State Weight-Mile Taxes as Unconstitutional

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Aug 26, 2024

AB 5 Worker Reclassification Ends Independent Trucking in California

Aug 26, 2024

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Marianne Cullen 10/29/24 Marianne Cullen 10/29/24

Supreme Court warns Ninth Circuit decision in Olson v. California puts constitutional rights in peril

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Marianne Cullen 9/19/24 Marianne Cullen 9/19/24

Oregon Trucking Companies Challenge State Weight-Mile Taxes as Unconstitutional

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Marianne Cullen 8/26/24 Marianne Cullen 8/26/24

AB 5 Worker Reclassification Ends Independent Trucking in California

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Marianne Cullen 8/10/24 Marianne Cullen 8/10/24

The Supreme Court Giveth and the Supreme Court Taketh Away

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Marianne Cullen 7/12/24 Marianne Cullen 7/12/24

First Circuit Holds Truckers’ Rest Time Spent in Sleeper Berths is For Motor Carriers’ Benefit and Therefore Compensable—Settlement Limited to Past Violations

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Karina De Souza 4/23/24 Karina De Souza 4/23/24

Federal Court Holds U.S. Government Exceeded its Rulemaking Authority, Strikes Down Requirement that States Monitor and Reduce Highway Tailpipe Emissions

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Karina De Souza 3/28/24 Karina De Souza 3/28/24

Feds Change Broker Surety Rules FMCSA Chooses State-Regulated Entities to Provide More Reliable Financial Security for Commercial Shipping Brokers

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Karina De Souza 2/19/24 Karina De Souza 2/19/24

Truck-Leasing Task Force Needs Documents

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Karina De Souza 2/1/24 Karina De Souza 2/1/24

CullenLaw Files Amicus Brief in Important Olson v. Bonta AB 5 California Worker Classification Litigation

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Karina De Souza 1/5/24 Karina De Souza 1/5/24

California’s Clean Truck Check: New Name for Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance Rule

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Karina De Souza 1/5/24 Karina De Souza 1/5/24

“The Quest for Rest: The National Truck Parking Shortage”

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Karina De Souza 1/5/24 Karina De Souza 1/5/24

“Obstacles to Zero-Emission Vehicle Goals: Are We There Yet?”

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Karina De Souza 1/5/24 Karina De Souza 1/5/24

How Electronic Logging Devices Needlessly Invade Commercial Truckers’ Privacy

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Karina De Souza 1/5/24 Karina De Souza 1/5/24

“The Disappearance of the Dormant Commerce Clause”

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Karina De Souza 12/11/23 Karina De Souza 12/11/23

CARB’s Clean Truck Check Fee Due by December 31 2023

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Karina De Souza 11/29/23 Karina De Souza 11/29/23

Are Trade Association Members or Their Boards Exposed to Liability for Unlawful Bylaws or Decisions?

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Karina De Souza 11/21/23 Karina De Souza 11/21/23

OOIDA Attorneys Tell Federal Court How AB 5 Hurts Independent Truckers and Violates Their Constitutional Rights

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Karina De Souza 8/9/23 Karina De Souza 8/9/23

California Brief Reveals AB-5’s Per Se Violation of the Dormant Commerce Clause of the Constitution

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Paul Cullen 6/21/23 Paul Cullen 6/21/23

Emissions Registration and $30 Annual Fee on Each Truck Operating in California Due July 1st 2023

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Karina De Souza 6/5/23 Karina De Souza 6/5/23

AB 5 Targets Independent Owner-Operator Drivers: New Court Filings by OOIDA

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Paul Cullen 6/1/23 Paul Cullen 6/1/23

OOIDA Argues in New York’s Highest Court: ELDs Violate Privacy Protections Under State Constitution

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Paul Cullen 3/7/23 Paul Cullen 3/7/23

When the Government Adopts into Law a Privately-Developed Standard, Should the Public Have Access to It For Free?

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Paul Cullen 2/24/23 Paul Cullen 2/24/23

FTC Proposes to Ban Non-Compete Clauses in Contracts Because They…Well…..Reduce Competition

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Paul Cullen 2/3/23 Paul Cullen 2/3/23

Mandatory Labels on Truck Rear Impact Guards Wear Out and Fall off. NHTSA Rejects CVSA Proposal to Address this Problem

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Paul Cullen 1/30/23 Paul Cullen 1/30/23

$30 Annual Fee and Four Annual Emissions Tests Set for Heavy-Duty Trucks Operating in California

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Paul Cullen 1/25/23 Paul Cullen 1/25/23

18 to 20-Year-Old Truckers Would Be Allowed to Haul More Freight Under a Bill Introduced in Congress

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Paul Cullen 1/18/23 Paul Cullen 1/18/23

Trucking Industry Refuels its Challenge to California’s AB-5 With New Motions for a Preliminary Injunction

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Paul Cullen 1/5/23 Paul Cullen 1/5/23

New Connecticut Highway Use Fee on Heavy Duty Trucks Takes Effect– First Fee Due February 28, 2023

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Paul Cullen 12/20/22 Paul Cullen 12/20/22

Court Rules Owner-Operator May Pursue Claim that Truck Lease-Purchase Agreement Was Unlawful Forced Purchase Under Federal Truth-in-Leasing Rules

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Paul Cullen 12/9/22 Paul Cullen 12/9/22

Second Preliminary Injunction Sought Against AB-5 for the Trucking Industry

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Paul Cullen 11/22/22 Paul Cullen 11/22/22

FMCSA Proposes Even More Electronic Surveillance of Carriers, Drivers

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Paul Cullen 11/11/22 Paul Cullen 11/11/22

The Cullen Law Firm PLLC Files an Amicus Brief Concerning the EPA’s Approval of California’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Rules

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Paul Cullen 10/21/22 Paul Cullen 10/21/22

Federal Labor Board Proposes “Joint Employer” Expansion to Bring More Companies Within its Collective Bargaining Rules

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Paul Cullen 10/19/22 Paul Cullen 10/19/22

Department of Labor Proposes Roll-back of 2021 Worker Classification Rule

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Paul Cullen 10/14/22 Paul Cullen 10/14/22

UPDATE: First Circuit Affirms District Court’s Determination that Maine Cannot Bar Canadian Truckers that Federal Law Allows

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Paul Cullen 10/11/22 Paul Cullen 10/11/22

FMCSA Asks, Should ELDs Record Truckers’ Locations More Often?

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Paul Cullen 9/22/22 Paul Cullen 9/22/22

Federal Court Grants OOIDA’s Request to Join the Fight Against California’s AB 5

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Paul Cullen 9/13/22 Paul Cullen 9/13/22

Federal Agency Preparing Surveys to Study Driver Fatigue, Asking for Comments Now Whether Its Surveys Hit the Mark

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Paul Cullen 9/1/22 Paul Cullen 9/1/22

California Agencies to Hold AB5 Webinar for Trucking Industry

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Paul Cullen 8/31/22 Paul Cullen 8/31/22

Trucking Challenge to AB5 Inches Forward

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Paul Cullen 3/14/22 Paul Cullen 3/14/22

OOIDA Tells the D.C. Circuit Court that Truckers Need 30-Minute Rest Break Flexibility to Do Their Jobs Safely

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Paul Cullen 3/7/22 Paul Cullen 3/7/22

ELDs Violate Privacy Protections Under New York State Constitution, Argues OOIDA and Three Individual Truckers in Court

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Paul Cullen 9/23/21 Paul Cullen 9/23/21

OOIDA Tells Supreme Court that California’s AB 5 Eliminates the Business Model Driving the Trucking Industry—Independent Owner-Operators

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Paul Cullen 3/15/21 Paul Cullen 3/15/21

OOIDA Explains to Supreme Court How False Reporting Hurts Truckers’ Reputations and Employability

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Paul Cullen 10/30/20 Paul Cullen 10/30/20

Owner-Operators Ask for Broker Transparency, Brokers’ Respond - None of Your Business - In FMCSA Listening Session on Broker Transparency Regulations

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Paul Cullen 10/27/20 Paul Cullen 10/27/20

FMCSA to Host Listening Session on Broker Transparency Regulation

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Paul Cullen 9/16/20 Paul Cullen 9/16/20

The California Supreme Court Provides New Guidance on How AB 5 Could Impact Independent Owner-Operator Truck Drivers Based Throughout the Nation

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Paul Cullen 9/11/20 Paul Cullen 9/11/20

Fourteen States Join California in a Commitment to Phasing Out Diesel Trucks

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Paul Cullen 7/2/20 Paul Cullen 7/2/20

Will California’s New Zero-Emission Truck Rule Zero-Out Owner-Operator Opportunities?

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Paul Cullen 6/22/20 Paul Cullen 6/22/20

Big Brother and the License Plate Data Holding Company: Your Constitutional Right to Privacy on the Open Road

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Paul Cullen 6/12/20 Paul Cullen 6/12/20

California’s AB 5 Lawsuit Against Uber and Lyft: What it Means to Perform Work “That Is Outside the Usual Course of the Hiring Entity’s Business.”

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Paul Cullen 6/9/20 Paul Cullen 6/9/20

OOIDA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Current Injunction of AB 5 Enforcement

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Paul Cullen 4/27/20 Paul Cullen 4/27/20

Public Eyes, They’re Watching You

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Paul Cullen 2/13/20 Paul Cullen 2/13/20

Is the FAAAA Preemption Writing on the Wall for AB 5?

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Paul Cullen 1/31/20 Paul Cullen 1/31/20

FAAAA Delay: Curves Ahead for AB 5

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Paul Cullen 1/28/20 Paul Cullen 1/28/20

When States Impose High Fines and Take You to the Cleaners

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Paul Cullen 1/7/20 Paul Cullen 1/7/20

The ABC’s of AB 5: California’s New Employment Classification Law

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Paul Cullen 3/20/18 Paul Cullen 3/20/18

The Cullen Law Firm Wins Class Certification; Defeats Motion for Summary Judgment in BMC-85 Trust Lawsuit

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Paul Cullen 1/10/18 Paul Cullen 1/10/18

The Cullen Law Firm Mourns the Passing of OOIDA’s Jim Johnston

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Paul Cullen 10/20/17 Paul Cullen 10/20/17

Federal Court: Motor carriers cannot charge owner-operators for ELD service

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Paul Cullen 1/5/17 Paul Cullen 1/5/17

The Cullen Law Firm, PLLC, Obtains Landmark Ruling From Arizona Court Of Appeals In Class Action Case Alleging Breach Of Fiduciary Duty By Trustee Under Bmc-85 Trust

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Paul Cullen 12/21/16 Paul Cullen 12/21/16

The Cullen Law Firm Obtains $44.4 Million Class Action Settlement; Notice Sent to Class Members

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Paul Cullen 2/2/16 Paul Cullen 2/2/16

The Cullen Law Firm Obtains Important Class Action Ruling Enjoining the State of New York From Collecting Unconstitutional Truck Registration Fees

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Paul Cullen 9/17/14 Paul Cullen 9/17/14

Class Cert Granted in Challenge to N.Y. Truck Permit Fee

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