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The following publications cover topics of interest in the field of transportation and logistics law.

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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.

2009
November - December 2009:  CSA 2010: FMCSA revamps its motor carrier safety assessment guidelines

July - October 2009:  The Rotterdam Rules: The long voyage of international efforts to modernize ocean shipping liability

June 2009:  Maintenance and cure: collectible under penalty of punitive damages (Jones Act notwithstanding)

May 2009:  Carmack governs ocean carrier's liability:  U.S. surface carriage liability law hits the high seas.

January - April 2009: By Land or By Sea . . . a Comparison of the Fundamentals of the Carmack and COGSA Liability Regimes.

2008 
December 2008:  Comparative Fault:  How U.S. maritime law carves out liability apportionments.

November 2008:  Son of the Sompo Japan Slip-Up: Second Circuit holds COGSA governs ocean carrier and NVOCC  liability for inland loss.

October 2008: Offset: Carmack doesn’t preclude shippers from deducting lost cargo value from outstanding freight charges.

September 2008: Exclusively economic damages are not recoverable in maritime tort, but they may be under state law.

May-August 2008: Kirby’s wake? How the calm waters of ocean transportation intermediary and subcontractor liability suddenly became unpredictable.

April 2008: Can cargo owners who aren’t shippers of record sue carriers for lost/damaged freight?

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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