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Hot Motor Carrier Law
In his column "Hot Recent Cases in Motor Carrier Law," Steve Block reviews recent case law involving motor carriers. Steve Block is a leader in transportation and logistic law.
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Surf & Turf Legal News
SURF & TURF Legal News is a bimonthly e-news featuring the most recent "Motor" and "Legal Lookout" columns by Steve Block. SURF & TURF provides updates on issues of transportation & logistics law.
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Legal Lookout
In his monthly column "Legal Lookout", Steve Block shares his insights on legal developments in the transportation industry. Mr. Block specializes in transportation and logistics law.
2008
March: Shippers who load and seal their own containers may have tough burden of proof in ocean cargo claims.
February:
Ocean Transportation Intermediaries may not operate through “agents”:
the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission outlaws unlicensed OTI deputies
January: 10+2: Customs and Border Protection’s simple math creates complex problems
2007
December: Peril of the Sea: when should carriers be responsible for bad weather?
November: Cleanup costs: the San Pedro Bay Clean Air Action Plan sets off dirty dispute with truckers
October: A Transportation Intermediary Could be Liable for a Carrier's Accident
September: Mexican Trucking Stateside: Unsafe and Bad for Business, or No Problemo?
August: ICCTA's Eighteen-Month Statute of Limitations for Collection of Freight Charges Applies to Claims Against Brokers
July: Antitrust Immunity: With Highways Now Subject To The Sherman Act, Can The Seas Be Far Behind?
June: The Problem With Daisy Chains: The Number of Intermediaries is Directly Proportional to Difficulty in Determining Liability
May: Taking Out Regulated Transportation’s Last Holdout: STB Nixes Motor Carrier Bureaus’ Antitrust Immunity
April: Carmack Doesn’t Save a Shipper’s Claim Against an NVOCC, Notwithstanding Sompo Japan
March: The U.S. Supreme Court Simplifies Dismissal of Misplaced Lawsuits
February: Misleading Monikers of the Middle Man
January: Attorneys' Fees: When Can You Get Them Back?
2006
December: Limitation of Liability: What's a Package?
November: The Evolution of Intermodalism Personified: A Motor Carrier Takes on a Steamship Line at the FMC
October: Carrier Antitrust Immunity Revisited: The Continent Abolishes It; Is Uncle Sam Next?
September: The Current MTO Federal Regulatory Environment
August: Just When You Thought It was Safe to Come Out of the Water: the Second Circuit Weakens Kirby's Effect on Connecting Surface Carrier Liability
July: Maine Statute Affecting Interstate Delivery of Tobacco Products Goes Up in Smoke
June: Higher Pump Prices Don't Fuel Transportation Company Profits, at Least Not Much
May: Railroad Law Uniformity: Federal Dogma Derails Conflicting State Doctrine
April: R.M.S. TITANIC: The Legendary Disaster Continues to Make History
March: Warehouseman Liability: It May Be Limited, but the Details Must Be Clear
February: We Finally Have the Answer! Federal Law Does Not Require Cargo Insurance Coverage for Contract Motor Carriage
January : The Latest in Transportation Security’s Continuing Evolution
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