Transportation: Road (Carriage/Logistics)

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Provided by Thompson Hine LLP

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