The highly entrepreneurial third party logistics sector is at times difficult to discipline to all the many legal requirements which may be involved in any particular logistics project. I have had more than one client assume they could make a contract with a shipper of product for
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Read more →For as long as I have been a involved in the logistics industry, strong debate, often resulting in litigation, has continued with regard to the “ownership” of customer accounts income, once solicited and made part of the logistics company’s revenue by the efforts of an employee salesperson
Read more →We have, either by happenstance, fate or grace, a little character (hard to call her a dog) who we named Maci. Maci is believed to be 4 or 5 years old, and a mix of West Highland Terrier and some other breed that added spunk and spirit.
Read more →While this article will necessarily discuss some aspects of consignor/consignee secondary liability for double payment of transportation charges, such is not the primary purpose. The central purpose of this article is more about how a 3PL/broker (“intermediary”) may effectively avoid losing credibility with their shipper or consignee
Read more →Having spent almost as much of my career on the business side of logistics as the legal, I continue to wonder at the lack of “pre-crisis” attention to legal issues by executives within supply chain management, especially when considering a multi-party 3PL project. The reader is best
Read more →My son Austin is a junior at the University of Tennessee, majoring in the Supply Chain Program. Proudly, I also note that he currently has a 3.5 GPA (not an entirely subtle or unintended mention to those looking for 2018 graduates). He recently asked me why I
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Read more →The current version of the Uniform Straight Bill of Lading (for purpose of distinction to be referred to herein as the “Old” USBOL), and all its terms and conditions, have not been changed in approximately 20 years. However, recently the Surface Transportation Board (STB) ruled to allow
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