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News roundup, Oct. 30: FBI seeks missing-person help; FMCSA IT faces scrutiny; another ELD small-fleet exemption application and suspension petition; Uber Freight expands to Canada
FBI seeks information on missing 14-year-old from Virginia. SBTC group seeking ELD exemption, suspensions. Freight-matching brokerage Uber Freight announced Wednesday it is expanding into Canada, with both domestic and cross-border load options available, the company says. Also, DOTâs Inspector General has opened an audit into the security of FMCSAâs IT infrastructure.
October 30, 2019
Business
Memorial event, convoy to honor Burt Reynolds
The Small Business in Transportation Coalition has planned a memorial event & convoy to honor Burt Reynolds on Sept. 29-30, 2018. Get the details on Overdrive.
September 19, 2018
Business
Truckers may receive payments from fraudulent services case
FTCâs complaint that launched the case said DOTAuthority and JPL Enterprises engaged in the deceptive acts and practices alleged. More on the settlement here.
June 18, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Group requests ELD waiver for small carriers
The Small Business in Transportation Coalition has asked the FMCSA to waive the required use of ELDs for small carriers, which includes owner-operators.
June 4, 2018
Business
Owner-operator services firms to pay $900k to settle claims of scamming truckers
James P. Lamb, a former small-broker advocate and now head of the Small Business in Transportation Coalition, has agreed to settle a probe into his business dealings brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, who accused Lamb and several of his businesses of cheating owner-operators out of millions of dollars over the course of several years.
March 20, 2018
Business
Amid driver shootings, SBTC group promotes Sept. 5 as âDay without a truckerâ
The groupâs head, James Lamb, notes 400 or more truckers have committed to participating in a D.C. parade, and others plan to shut down in solidarity. Lamb himself remains under an FTC suit against two businesses for deceptive marketing practices, to which heâs countersued.
August 28, 2017
Business
FTC claims carrier services companies misrepresented themselves toward securing fees from owner-operators
The FTC says James Lambâs DotAuthority.com and Dotfilings.com tricked small business truckers into paying unnecessary federal and state registration fees by pretending to be associated with the Department of Transportation or other agencies. Lamb strongly questions FTC tactics.
October 23, 2016
Voices
âMikeâs Lawâ: National âbusiness carryâ draft language and reader reaction
The Small Business in Transportation Coalitionâs petition to Congress for a federal âbusiness carryâ program for interstate drivers had garnered 1,423 signatures as of this morning, and SBTC had drafted text of potential âenabling legislationâ and filed it with Congressional representatives.
September 26, 2014
Parking
Petition circulated on âright to carryâ for driver self-defense
A new âright to carryâ petition is being circulated by SBTCâs James Lamb. Itâs collecting signatures in an attempt to demonstrate that thereâs support for easing many interstate driversâ ability to legally travel with firearms.
August 28, 2014
Channel 19
Ken Lund: 75K broker bond no âlarge brokerâ move
A Transportation Intermediaries Association board member objects to characterizations of the the organization as serving the interests only of large brokerages.
October 2, 2012
Channel 19
Small brokers reload on $75K bond
Small brokers group AIPBA planning court challenge to the new $75K broker/freight forwarder surety bond requirement.
August 23, 2012
Business
Beefing Up the Bond
Small brokers oppose proposed regs to increase the minimum bond to $100,000 and add other owner-operator protection.
June 1, 2012
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