Did You Know? December 2025
December 30, 2025
- According to ATRI, in 2022 alone, there were 12,817 state truck-tractor tort cases, as many as 147 of which were improperly prevented from reaching federal court, where cases are often more protected from potential bias. The largest half of awards – those most damaging to the industry – rose at an average rate of 5.7 percent per year.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is launching a five-year pilot program that opens the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) to both freight brokers and warehouse-based third-party logistics providers (3PLs). Under the pilot program, CBP will admit up to 10 freight brokers and 10 warehouse facilities on a first-come, first-served basis.
- The percentage of employees in the general U.S. workforce testing positive for fentanyl in random drug tests far exceeded those in preemployment testing, according to the latest Drug Testing Index released by Quest Diagnostics. General U.S. workforce positivity for fentanyl was 707% higher in random tests (1.13%) compared with pre-employment tests (0.14%). The sharp increase in fentanyl in random drug checks suggests more workers are using it after they’ve passed pre-employment Amphetamine use continued its climb, cocaine positivity remained unchanged at 0.24%. Marijuana positivity following workplace accidents also remains high.