The Kowalski Freight Brokers Safety Act establishes new federal civil penalties and oversight for brokers who hire motor carriers with existing safety violations.

The legislation aims to levy a fine on any freight broker that contracts a carrier with three or more violations on its ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled a freight broker isn't liable for an accident and injuries caused by its independent contractor driver and carrier, denying a plaintiff's ...

Digital freight-matching companies, or DFMs, such as Uber Freight have entered asset-light truck brokerage over the past few years. It’s early in their evolution, but most DFMs hope to reinvent the ...

At issue is the interpretation of the FAAAA’s preemption clause—specifically, whether the so-called “safety exception” allows states to regulate broker hiring through tort litigation. Freight brokers ...

Transportation attorney Matthew Leffler says that a new bill in Congress meant to hold freight brokers accountable has some ...

Whether you’re a motor carrier that works with brokers or you’re thinking of spinning off your own freight brokerage business from your fleet operations, you need to know about surety bonds, also ...

In the United States, much of commerce relies on moving goods to market on trucks. The way it works is a manufacturer calls a shipping broker with instructions like “I need to get a load of beer to ...

What, exactly, is a freight broker? A page on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s website defines it as “a person or an entity which arranges for the transportation of property by a ...

AI-driven digital freight matching platforms are transforming the brokerage landscape, helping shippers and carriers automate workflows, boost utilization, and navigate the lingering freight recession ...

Throughout the pandemic-influenced years of 2020 through 2022, when demand for trucks soared and capacity evaporated, third-party logistics providers and freight brokers assuaged shippers by simply ...