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Legal insights and updates from our attorneys.

Transportation Law

March 30, 2023

What should You do When You Unknowingly Purchase a Car with a Salvage Title?

If you need help or would like to speak with an experienced attorney, please call 801-365-1030 or click here to contact us. Buying a car is often a much more difficult experience than most people...

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Transportation Law

February 24, 2021

Commercial Drivers and Traffic Citations: Protecting Your Career

If You need help or would like to speak with an experienced attorney, please call (801) 365-1030 or click here to contact us. Everyone hates receiving traffic citations. For most of us it means...

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Transportation Law

May 20, 2020

Trip Lease Defense on Double Brokered Loads

When moving freight between states, shippers often hire freight brokers to arrange for licensed motor carriers to physically transport their freight from origin to destination. In order to arrange...

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Transportation Law

May 5, 2020

Where Do I File My Cargo Claim?

If You need help or would like to speak with an experienced attorney, please call (801) 365-1030 or click here to contact us. When a cargo claim occurs on a brokered load, freight brokers often pay...

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Transportation Law

March 12, 2018

New Insurance Option Offers Brokers Unprecedented Protection against Cargo Claims

Freight brokers often find themselves in a losing game of tug-of-war with carriers when it comes to deciding who will shoulder the costs of lost or damaged cargo. Now, thanks to the emergence of...

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Transportation Law

February 28, 2017

Freight Troubles? How To Avoid Getting Stuck In Out-of-State Litigation

When something goes wrong in freight transportation, it’s not uncommon for everyone involved to be from different states. Add to that all the states the cargo traveled through, and potential...

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Transportation Law

April 13, 2016

What Do I Do With a Broken Seal Load?

Freight brokers are increasingly facing consignees who reject freight when a carrier shows up at the delivery dock with a broken seal. Here is how you can defend against the trend. In both truckload...

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Transportation Law

March 4, 2016

The Contract Mistake Nearly All Freight Brokers Make

Too often freight brokers lose out on the opportunity to establish safety nets in their contracts. Freight brokers occupy a unique space in transportation. They arrange for transportation of cargo...

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Transportation Law

November 11, 2015

Should a Freight Broker Pay the Shipper for Damage to the Shipper’s Cargo?

A question we frequently get from our broker clients is whether they should pay their client, the shipper, for loss or damage caused to the shipment during transit, and take an assignment of the...

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Transportation Law

June 30, 2015

Time Limits for Filing a Cargo Claim under the Carmack Amendment

If you have experienced loss or damage to your shipment, you need to act fast. A shipper that has experienced loss or damage to a shipment by a carrier needs to file a claim with the carrier in order...

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