Supreme Court News Updates

Legal experts are urging the freight brokerage industry to bolster its carrier-vetting practices in the wake of Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II.

“The Supreme Court’s decision in Montgomery v. Caribe gives the clarity we sought," said Dorothy Capers, chief legal officer at C.H. Robinson.

The companies get a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740 million to clean up damage to the state’s coastline.

Each insured claimant defendant who applied for an Integon insurance policy was from Ecuador, and every loss involved three vehicle occupants.

The 10% Section 122 tariffs, which replaced the IEEPA tariffs that the Supreme Court dismissed, are scheduled to expire July 24.

The Trump administration said it’s making progress on building a web-based portal to handle refund requests for almost $170 billion in global tariffs that were overturned by the Supreme Court.

The administration has rushed to construct a new tariff regime after the Supreme Court ruled that the president violated the Constitution by imposing many of his previous duties using an emergency law. 

Among the issues that will be investigated are taxes on digital services and alleged currency manipulation, according to the New York Times, which first reported the plans.

The Democratic attorneys general and governors in the lawsuit argue that Trump is overstepping his power with planned 15% tariffs on much of the world.

The justices were silent on the refund question, leaving questions of payback to the New York-based U.S. Court of International Trade. No one expects a speedy resolution.