Category: Legal General
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Bad debts are one of the most dangerous threats facing any freight brokerage, and they can turn a profitable quarter into a financial disaster almost overnight. Imagine one of your largest customers suddenly going belly up while owing you and your broker $50,000 in unpaid freight bills. You soon learn there is no realistic hope…
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Road rage turned a routine highway commute into a seven-hour nightmare on Salt Lake City’s I-15 to I-215 interchange, when a motorist deliberately brake-checked a semi-truck and sent it rolling across four lanes of traffic. What started as one driver’s anger over a simple lane change ended in five separate collisions, a shut-down freeway, and…
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Congress approved the Highway Bill, and President Obama is set to sign it on Friday, July 6, 2012. The report contains the TIA-OOIDA-ATA compromise language almost exactly. How will this affect you? Read the great blog post and summary from DAT.com. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think! Related reading: Oil…
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The cell phone ban for truck drivers took effect on January 3, 2012, when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) prohibited commercial drivers from using handheld mobile phones while operating a vehicle. Since that date, this federal rule has reshaped how millions of professional drivers handle dispatch calls, texts, and everyday communication behind the…
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Negligence is the legal concept that makes a person or company responsible for harm caused by a failure to use reasonable care. In plain terms, negligence happens whenever someone owes a duty to act carefully, breaks that duty, and that failure injures another person. Because trucking accidents, cargo damage claims, and freight broker disputes almost…
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Delay charges are the fees a shipper, broker, or carrier agrees to pay when freight misses its scheduled pickup or delivery appointment because of something within a party’s control. In the trucking and logistics world, these charges exist to protect shippers running tight, just-in-time supply chains — think automotive plants that cannot absorb even one…
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Freight delivery is the process of moving palletized, crated, or containerized freight from a shipper’s dock to its final destination using trucks, rail, ocean, or air carriers. Whether you’re shipping a single pallet or a full trailer load, understanding how freight delivery actually works protects your budget, your schedule, and your legal rights when something…