On May 27, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Husch Blackwell client, Continuum Transportation Services Ltd. (Continuum).
On May 28, in Flowers Foods Inc. v. Brock, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a worker transporting goods can qualify for the Federal Arbitration Act’s Section 1 exemption without crossing state lines or interacting with vehicles that do.
The Supreme Court’s unanimous May 28, 2026, decision in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock significantly broadens the Federal Arbitration Act’s Section 1 transportation-worker exemption by holding that workers performing exclusively intrastate deliveries as part of a larger interstate supply chain qualify as “engaged in interstate commerce” and are therefore exempt from compelled arbitration—even when they
The Federal Maritime Commission’s May 13, 2026, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would significantly revise and modernize its rulemaking procedures by simplifying existing requirements, aligning with current eRulemaking practices, and expanding opportunities for public participation—particularly by making it easier for stakeholders to petition for new or revised regulations.
The proposal signals a shift toward earlier and
Beginning in February 2025, President Trump imposed new tariffs on imported goods through a series of executive orders, relying on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as the claimed authority for imposing tariffs. In time, the new tariffs affected imported goods from nearly all countries. Legal challenges followed.
In V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. United States, the Court of International Trade (CIT) enjoined the enforcement of the tariffs against the plaintiff, and the Federal Circuit affirmed. In Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs. The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in both cases, and on February 20, 2026, issued its opinion holding that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. Two days later, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it would no longer collect IEEPA tariffs effective February 24, 2026.
The Court’s unanimous ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC issued today resolves a split among circuit courts of appeal and is a significant development for the trucking industry, injured parties, and the thousands of brokers who arrange transportation for freight shipped nationwide.
To learn more about the specifics of the ruling and what
On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) published new procedures in the Federal Register for certain steel and aluminum producers to obtain tariff adjustments pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 10984. Proclamation 10984 authorized the Secretary of Commerce to reduce certain Section 232 metals tariffs implemented under Proclamations 9704 and 9705, as amended, for certain steel and aluminum producers in Canada and Mexico.
A nationwide blockade conducted by Mexican trucking and agricultural transport groups on April 6, 2016—due to concerns with fraud and theft in the supply chain—disrupted major freight corridors across at least 20 Mexican states, impacting highways connecting Mexico City, industrial centers, ports, and key U.S.-Mexico border crossings. Though the blockade ended in only two days
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock, No. 24-935, a case to determine whether a last-mile delivery driver who picks up products and delivers them within the same state qualifies as a “transportation worker engaged in interstate commerce” and is exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)