Examining the Supreme Court's Montgomery v. Caribe Transport ruling with Carrier Assure's Cassandra Gaines

GUEST: Cassandra Gaines, Founder & CEO, Carrier Assure In this podcast, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviewed Cassandra Gaines, Founder & CEO of Carrier Assure, a transportation risk management platform she built to help brokers and shippers identify carriers that may meet modern industry vetting standards, using safety, fraud, and operational data. Topics covered included: the recent Supreme Court on broker liability, regarding whether freight brokers can be under state negligence law for hiring unsafe trucking companies and its impact on carriers, shippers, and brokers; lessons learned from the ruling; and how the ruling could impact carrier selection. Cassandra Gaines is the Founder & CEO of Carrier Assure, a transportation risk management platform she built to help brokers and shippers identify carriers that may meet modern industry vetting standards using safety, fraud, and operational data. She is also a nationally recognized transportation attorney and expert witness specializing in broker liability, carrier vetting, and transportation risk management. She advises brokers, shippers, insurers, and law firms on negligent selection exposure, FMCSA safety data, cargo theft prevention, and defensible carrier selection practices. Gaines previously held legal and leadership roles at large brokerages and trucking companies and has become a leading voice on transportation safety analytics and broker standard of care issues. She has spoken at more than 100 industry conferences nationwide and was named one of Business Insider’s “100 People Transforming Business in North America.”