December 22, 2022
A group of attorneys has asked a federal judge to award them $1 million to cover fees and expenses for their work hammering out a $2.1 million settlement for truck drivers who accused their employers of enforcing anti-competitive "no-poach" agreements.
November 02, 2022
The last remaining dispute in an antitrust case against a group of trucking companies was resolved Monday after a California federal judge preliminarily approved a $2.1 million settlement between CRST International Inc., C.R. England and drivers.
July 18, 2022
"No hire" agreements among employers should be treated as "per se," or automatically, illegal, the U.S. Department of Justice has said, weighing in on drivers' claims against trucking companies in California federal court.
April 08, 2022
A California federal judge has rejected a bid by CRST International Inc. truck drivers to modify his prior order and certify a narrower antitrust class than initially proposed, ruling the request to certify a class of 23,000 CRST-only drivers is an unjustified and belated attempt to revisit an unsuccessful tactical decision.
March 03, 2022
A group of Stevens Transport Inc. truck drivers asked a California federal judge Wednesday to preliminarily approve a $5.5 million settlement they reached with the Texas-based trucking company that proposes to resolve allegations that the company conspired with other freight companies not to hire one another's drivers.
August 25, 2021
Covenant Transport is the latest trucking company to reach a deal with a proposed class of truck drivers that have accused it and others in the industry of quashing competition for good employees by agreement not to hire each other's drivers.
July 07, 2020
A proposed nationwide class of truck drivers has urged a California federal judge to reject a request to toss their antitrust claims against four trucking companies, saying Monday that the companies' bid was already rebuffed by the court.
June 23, 2020
Four trucking companies facing an antitrust suit claiming they conspired to not hire away each other's drivers are urging a California judge to toss the complaint, saying the proposed class action doesn't make enough allegations to move forward.
June 05, 2020
Trucking companies looking to shut down allegations of a no-poach conspiracy said the drivers behind the case are missing the "straightforward and logical explanation" for why they didn't hire each other's employees — to protect themselves from legal infighting.
April 03, 2020
Trucking companies battling drivers' no-poach allegations have panned a lead counsel bid by the four firms representing the former employees, arguing the firms are just angling to win the top spot if the suit is combined with a related dispute.