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All new entrants (including for-hire household goods motor carriers) registering for interstate motor carrier authority will be subject to heightened safety audit compliance standards during the initial 18-months of initial operations following registration. All interstate motor carriers (including carriers previously considered "exempt motor carriers"), certain leasing companies, brokers and freight forwarders will be required to register with a base-State and pay an annual fee under the federal Unified Carrier Registration Plan authorized by an act contained in SAFETEA-LU of 2005. A Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that an “Automatic Stay” violation proves costly to self-storage facility that elected to proceed with auction sale after notice of customer's bankruptcy filing. The First Circuit decides a limit of liability case that will likely have great application for Movers in Massachusetts involved in disputes over in-state (i.e., Non-Carmack) loss/damage claims.
Rational Case Annotation Revised and updated Federal Statute requires businesses to obtain a court order prior to conducting a lien enforcement sale on personal property in certain circumstances.
Summary of Federal Service Members Relief Act The Massachusetts Appeals Court decides in favor of a Warehouseman upholding a limitation of liability of provision in a warehouse receipt. |
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