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Transportation Brokering, Double Brokering, Co-Brokering, Interchange, and Interlining - Legal Rules in the Era of Fraud

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Double brokering has emerged as a hot topic in this era of supply chain fraud, hostage loads, and cargo theft. The term “double brokerage” is used sweepingly as a reference to a wide range of operational practices where the...more

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Lions and Tigers and Bears - Oh My! New FMCSA Guidance on the Definition of Dispatch Services, Bona Fide Agents, and Brokers

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Federal regulators—as well as the marketplace itself—have been scrutinizing the role of certain types of “transportation intermediaries” in the industry. One point of focus has been the role of longstanding models such as...more

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FMCSA Proposes New Financial Security Requirements

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on Jan. 5, 2023, issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement financial security requirements on brokers and freight forwarders. The proposed changes to...more

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Requests Responses on The Definitions of “Broker” and “Bona Fide Agents”

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On June 10, 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) issued a notice and request for comments in Docket No. 2022-134 to assist the agency in issuing guidance by November 15, 2022, in response to the...more

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Brokers, Carriers Comment on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Broker Transparency Petitions

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently requested public comments on petitions for rulemaking backed by owner-operator/small-fleet groups to address the transparency of brokerage rates. The petitions...more

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Property Broker Regulations: A Chance to Be Heard!

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has called a public listening session for Wednesday, October 28, 2020, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT. Advanced registration is required at www.fmcsa.dot.gov. This is a...more

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Requests Public Comments on Broker Transparency Petitions

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requested public comments on petitions for rulemaking backed by owner-operator/small-fleet groups to address the transparency of broker rates. The notice is in response...more

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Transportation Procurement Trends Toward Integrated Services, and Registration Requirements Abound

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Buy-side decisions for transportation and logistics services are increasingly driven by both internal subject matter experts and their corporate procurement teams.  The traditional procurement perspective yields certain...more

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InterConnect Newsletter - Spring 2019

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Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) publication of the Final Rule regarding Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food on April 6, 2016, 21 CFR 1.900, et seq. (the STF Rule), there has been an increase...more

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