Many outside of over-the-road motor carriers are taking notice of the looming Electronic Logging Device Mandate (ELD Mandate). We are seeing raised hands with many questions and some confusion at this very moment from a wide...more
12/11/2017
/ Blockchain ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
FMCSA ,
Misclassification ,
Motor Carriers ,
Open Source Software ,
Smart Contracts ,
Trucking Industry ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour
On June 27, 2017, the National Academy of Sciences (“NAS”) released its highly anticipated report on the Compliance, Safety, and Accountability (“CSA”) initiative as mandated by Congress in the Fixing America’s Surface...more
As most readers are aware, Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd. (“Hanjin”) commenced insolvency proceedings in South Korea on August 31, 2016. Shippers, motor carriers, transportation intermediaries, and others are scrambling to react...more
Introduction: Carmack Boundaries and the Blurring of Unloading Functions -
Under the Carmack Amendment, a carrier is liable for the actual loss of goods which “arrive” damaged 49 U.S.C. §4706(a)(1). But when does that...more
Shippers who are used to doing business with motor carriers often present freight brokers with a shipper-carrier agreement (often described as a “Motor Carrier Agreement”) of one kind or another to serve as the basis of a...more
8/27/2015
/ Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Delivery Drivers ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
FedEx ,
Freight Forwarding ,
Independent Contractors ,
Maritime Transport ,
Motor Carrier Act ,
Motor Carriers ,
Shipping Cargo ,
Trucking Industry ,
Wage and Hour ,
Waterborne Freight Transportation
Shippers who are used to doing business with motor carriers often present freight brokers with a shipper-carrier agreement (often described as a “Motor Carrier Agreement”) of one kind or another to serve as the basis of a...more
8/5/2015
/ Brokers ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Admiralty Law ,
FedEx ,
Freight Forwarding ,
Independent Contractors ,
Infrastructure ,
Misclassification ,
Motor Carriers ,
Trucking Industry