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Federal lawsuit alleges major brokers blacklist carriers, hide freight economics

A federal lawsuit against Uber Freight, Amazon Logistics, CH Robinson, JB Hunt, RXO, TQL, Convoy/Flexport and others is escalating into allegations of systematic market control and transparency violations in US trucking. Filed by Georgia owner-operator David Worrell, the case centers on carrier complaints that major brokers restrict load access while obscuring actual shipper rates and retaining undisclosed margins. The lawsuit invokes 49 CFR §371.3, a brokerage regulation requiring brokers to maintain transaction records and disclose them to carriers upon request. Allegations include concealment of freight payments, failure to reveal shipper rates, unauthorized rebrokering, and use of opaque digital marketplace systems that suppress price visibility. The dispute underscores widening friction between owner-operators and freight intermediaries over load allocation power and economic transparency.