Transportation and Logistics
Our firm provides a full range of legal services related to all aspects of the transportation and logistics industry. Our lawyers represent major motor truck, rail, overnight package, air cargo, and passenger air carriers in commercial, labor and employment, workers’ compensation, tax, corporate, environmental, intellectual property, and antitrust matters, including counseling and defense of administrative and judicial proceedings. Our litigation practice in this area is broad, ranging from defending motor carriers and parts manufacturers against personal injury and toxic tort claims to representing various rail and air carriers in antitrust litigation.
Our lawyers recently have performed legal work for a start-up, low-fare, passenger air carrier, including services related to corporate organization, governmental relations, and regulatory compliance. We also have assisted major retail companies with import and export of goods, customs, tariffs, and clearance of merchandise issues. Our attorneys have counseled and trained major retailers on appropriately responding to union organizing activities in their distribution operations and have assisted retail and restaurant companies with corporate reorganizations of their trucking operations in order to maximize tax benefits.
We tailor our services to fit the individual needs of our transportation and logistics clients. Our experience includes counseling and representing clients in a variety of matters, including the following:
- Defense of labor and employment disputes
- Commercial matters
- Corporate structure and governance issues
- Defense of personal injury claims
- Federal, state, and local regulatory compliance
- Highway and transit funding compliance
- Economic development incentive agreements
- Environmental compliance and facilities expansion
- Tax issues
- Customs, tariff, and import/export clearance
- Defense of toxic tort claims
- Development of public-private projects
- Defense of Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Ohio Department of Public Service, and National Transportation Safety Board enforcement actions
- Protection of intellectual property
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