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  • Law

    Carriers should understand the default rules of the road, the EOBR rule is not ripe for review and other legal news items are featured.
  • Who’s got the freight?

    Legal issues such as double brokerage, unpaid benefits, homicide by vehicle, concession agreements and more are addressed.
  • Most favored? Think again

    Q: What is the source of “most favored nations” clauses in contracts? We are negotiating a contract with a shipper who insists these clauses are typical and must be agreed to if we want their ... (more...)
  • Too much safety information?

    Q: We are a small unrated carrier with a high driver out-of-service SEA score as a result of involvement in several accidents that were not our fault. Now a broker that we depended upon heavily ... (more...)
  • A great decision for owner-operators

    Q: What is preemption? We use owner-operators, and I recently learned that this doctrine has been used to thwart state enforcement actions in California to reclassify owner-operators as employees. A: I received the same notice from ... (more...)
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  • Country of origin affects liability

    Q:I am confused about laws concerning the country of origin. I have seen the issue come up twice in customer contracts in the last six months. We were asked to sign contracts with ... (more...)
  • No free ride for trucking

    Carriers likely to pay more for highway overhauls Q: Rep. John Murtha got a new runway for an underused airport, and turtl...
  • Liability runs up to supply chain

    Courts forget that carriers are federally regulated Q: Are you familiar with the new Indiana decision, Ill. Bulk Ca...
  • IF they broke it, they pay for it

    Origin carrier dictates interline, concurrence agreement Q- We have an interline agreement or concurrence with a connectin...
  • Dead men serving

    Make sure your process agents are still on the job We are a small carrier that for years has paid an annual fee for proces...
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