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Congratulations to the U.S. Department of Transportation for finalizing the cross-border trucking program with Mexico.

American Trucking Associations and the Louisiana Motor Transport Association have filed a brief supporting Louisiana’s anti-indemnification law against a lawsuit that calls it unconstitutional.

New York City recently announced that it is not enforcing its truck decal requirement and has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider a ruling that the city cannot require truckers to have such identification.

Finance and information technology trucking executives are set to meet this week in Phoenix, as American Trucking Associations embarks on a campaign to reinvigorate some of its councils that had to retrench during the recession.

If an appeals court agrees with a lower court judge who backed the Port of Los Angeles’ argument that it is a business, then all drayage truck drivers will be required to be employees of licensed motor carriers.

Third-party logistics firms PenserSC and ICS Logistics said they have agreed to a trucking and transportation services contract.

Transport Topics Online will be closed Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. Please check back on Tuesday, May 31, for the latest trucking and freight transportation news.

American Trucking Associations paid tribute on May 15 to longtime trucking executive Michael Wickham with its highest award.