Many asset-based motor carriers engage in transportation brokerage operations to either handle excess freight during peak demand periods or as supplemental revenue source to the motor carrier operations. If a truck driver operating one of the brokered loads causes a serious accident, an injured person may attempt to hold not only the driver and motor carrier responsible, but also the broker that arranged the shipment. For years, brokers could, with limited exceptions, rely o

When FMCSA unveiled its Interim Final Rule (IFR) on non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses in late September 2025, the agency portrayed it as an urgent safety measure—one that needed to take effect immediately, without the usual notice-and-comment process and without the statutory consultation with state licensing agencies. By sharply narrowing which foreign-domiciled drivers could obtain or renew a CDL in the United States, the rule had the potential to immediately resha