Tag: Truth in Leasing regulations

Business

Trucking Law: Your rights under leasing regulations

The “truth in leasing” regulations are intended to level the playing field between them, partly by requiring a high level of transparency. Here are common owner-operator questions, answered by attorney Paul O. Taylor.

May 24, 2019

Overdrive Extra

Killing the ‘viruses and parasites’: How to spot a bad lease-purchase deal

Clifford Petersen offers truckers two rules and three maxims for avoiding bad lease-purchase deals. Check them out on Overdrive.

October 16, 2018

Business

Group of owner-operators files class action lawsuit against carrier for alleged truth-in-leasing violations

The owner-operator plaintiffs accuse Go 2 of “regularly and systematically misrepresent[ing] the amounts it charged its customers with the specific intent of paying” the owner-operators less than what they were owed.

April 26, 2016

Business

Independent thinking

Carriers test the waters with new owner-operator models to dodge worker classification problems.

November 1, 2011

Business

Breaking Free: The history of the owner-operator in trucking

From fighting for freedom to haul in its early days to stressing smart business practices later, Overdrive has championed the owner-operator’s concerns. Here, a history of owner-op business, from 1960-2011, with a special request for you.

September 1, 2011