GRAPEVINE, Texas — American Trucking Associations has decided to ask the Supreme Court to review portions of a U.S. Court of Appeals decision that allows the Port of Los Angeles to compel truckers who work at the port to hand over financial and maintenance information.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a class action suit against New Prime Inc., charging that the driver training policy the truckload carrier created to protect itself from sexual harassment suits actually delayed or denied women employment opportunities.

Some truckload carriers say they are concerned about potential industrywide implications of a class-action lawsuit challenging the way Swift Transportation, one of the nation’s largest truckload carriers, calculates the mileage basis for paying truck drivers.

The Environmental Protection Agency has asked a federal court to dismiss a Navistar Inc. lawsuit seeking to require that the agency test selective catalytic reduction engines with the emissions systems disabled or used improperly.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit recently against Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., saying that the carrier’s policy of not permitting drivers with a history of alcohol problems to return to driving, even after treatment, violated the Americans With Disabilities Act.

California’s attorney general announced a settlement last week with seven Southern California port terminal operators to resolve the state’s claims that residents near the ports were exposed to dangerous levels of diesel exhaust from the terminals.

A U.S. appeals court last week reversed a lower court’s ruling that blocked ABF Freight System from challenging three cost-cutting agreements between YRC Worldwide Inc. and the Teamsters union.