Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics)
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Our extensive experience with motor carriage regulatory and commercial matters includes guiding shippers, brokers and motor carriers through the regulatory, commercial and practical issues presented by an ever-changing legal climate. We advise and represent these and other industry clients in connection with:
- Motor carrier, broker and freight forwarder statutes and regulations, including MAP-21 and the FAST Act
- FMCSA operational safety and security regulatory compliance programs
- DOT and FMCSA operating authorities, registrations and licenses
- Comments for DOT rulemaking and preemption proceedings, including those involving driver hours of service, driver coercion, and state laws involving driver meal and rest breaks
- Agreements between shippers and motor carriers, broker agreements and third-party logistics agreements, including agreements covering full truckload, less-than-truckload, drayage, dedicated and refrigerated services
- Cargo loss and damage claims
- DOT due diligence reviews related to corporate acquisitions
- Equipment leases and owner-operator agreements subject to the FMCSA truth-in-leasing regulations
- State laws affecting whether drivers qualify as independent contractors or employees, including preparing an amicus curiae brief supporting federal preemption of California’s AB-5 law
- Bill of lading contents and implications
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