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The Owner Operator Model is Under Attack by Henry E. Seaton

2009 Partners in Business Retention Forum Webinar Series October 8, 2009 – Henry E. Seaton, Esq.    

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Protecting Carrier Interests in Shipper and Broker Bankruptcies

First Advantage Webinar on Bankruptcy.Presentation by Henry Seaton:  Summary Unsecured creditors finish last. Banks win because of secured position. As a general unsecured creditor, absent “something else†carriers and brokers can expect little or none of pre-petition receivables to be paid.

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Registration and Financial Security Requirements for Brokers of Property and Freight Forwarders

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces guidance concerning the implementation of certain provisions of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) concerning persons acting as a broker or a freight forwarder. Section 32915 of MAP-21 requires anyone acting as a broker or a freight forwarder and subject to FMCSA jurisdiction, including motor carriers, to […]

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NEW MAP 21 REQUIREMENT – BROKER BONDS

Are You Prepared for the New Rules/Regulations Coming on 10/01/2013? October 1st is fast approaching and with it, the implementation and enforcement of specific MAP-21 provisions which have serious implications to almost every transportation company. So, are you prepared? If the answer is “No”, or worse yet, “What are you talking about?” then you absolutely need to […]

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The Top 20 Components of Map-21

The Need To Knows About This Legislation  

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The FMCSA’s rule making was upheld with the exception that ATA prevailed in its challenge to the applicability of the rest break to short haul drivers

  There will be NO change to the restart rule that became effective on July 1st The 30 minute rest break rule does NOT apply to local, short haul drivers (100 air mile radius drivers) but DOES still apply to all drivers required to complete a logbook.  

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Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2012

Division C, Title III – Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2012 (PDF)

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MAP-21: Freight Provisions

From The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)… Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) authorizes the nation’s transportation programs for two years. MAP-21 includes a number of freight provisions that address the need to improve goods movement. This session will highlight the sections of MAP-21 which have direct or indirect impacts for freight, including […]

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WHITE PAPER ON NEW BROKERAGE AND BROKERAGE BOND REQUIREMENTS

The purpose of this White Paper is to advise clients on significant changes in the broker and broker bond regulations passed as part of MAP-21. Effective as soon as October 1, 2013 the “Fighting Fraud in Transportation†or “FFIT†provisions of the new statute will be in effect. See 49 U.S.C. 32915-32919.

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