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  • Law

    Leave safety issues to FMCSA where they belong.
  • Law

    Certification isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
  • Owner-operator model still threatened and more

    Is the new healthcare bill going to make us convert our independent contractors to employees?
  • Law

    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration now is fining carriers that have DOT numbers but no authority as much as $4,000 to $7,000 per day for hauling regulated shipments.
  • Paid today, sued tomorrow: Bankrupt client’s goodwill...

    The cost of defense can be mitigated by joining together with other similarly situated motor carrier victims.
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  • 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 ... (more...)
  • Navistar: Legal flaws doom SCR and NOx standard

    In a brief filed in November in its ongoing litigation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, truck and engine maker Navistar argued that EPA violated federal law not only by allowing its competitors to use ... (more...)
  • In Brief

    U.S. Supreme Court last month let stand a federal appeals court ruling that Cassens Transport Co. and its workers comp administrator Crawford & Co. violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act by contesting the ... (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 ... (more...)
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