Transportation and Logistics
Transportation and Logistics
The firm has a wide variety of experienced general transportation and logistics attorney-practitioners, representing both privately and publicly owned companies for their unique distribution and supply-chain requirements. In this dynamic industry, we are counsel to a broad and diverse range of domestic and international commercial carriers, including motor, water, rail, passenger, air cargo and household goods companies. In addition to direct suppliers and users of such services, we regularly assist local and national third-party brokers, intermediaries and full-service logistics enterprises with contractual, transactional and litigation matters.
Contractual & Transactional
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Contractual relationships
- Comprehensive service contracts
- Risk management mitigation
- Business structures and management
- Successorship planning
- Financings
- Security and credit arrangements
- Insurance coverage
- Regulatory compliance
- Real estate development
- Sales and due diligence
- Addressing the intricacies of a generational family business
Litigation
Litigation matters regularly include domestic and international transportation disputes between transportation companies and their customers, as well as among transportation companies, and actions resulting from government intervention. These include:
- Freight loss and damage claims
- Disputes regarding contract construction and interpretation
- Freight payment disputes
- Environmental laws and compliance
- Creditor’s rights
- Defense of state and agency enforcement actions related to environmental, equipment and clean air initiatives
- Labor disputes, including defense of union disputes and class actions designed to challenge independent contractor status
Representative Clients
- Less-than-truckload
- Package
- Truckload general freight
- Liquid and dry bulk
- Agriculture
- Passenger, including bus, limousine, airport shuttle, taxi, and public transit carriers
- Water
- Air cargo
- Foreign and domestic ground, air and ocean freight forwarders
- Rail and bus commute
- Transportation brokers
- Warehouses
- Passenger ferries
- Generational family businesses
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News & Resources
Off the Registry: FMCSA’s Enforcement Wave Against CDL Training Providers and What It Means for Schools, CDL Hirers, Brokers, and Shippers
FMCSA enforcement is reshaping CDL training compliance. Hanson Bridgett outlines liability and risk mitigation steps for transportation stakeholders.
Commercial Driver Training & Hiring: Recent DOT Enforcement Activity – Webinar Materials
Five Service Contract Act Misconceptions Jeopardizing Your Business
Transportation suppliers on federal contracts face growing SCA compliance risks. Hanson Bridgett outlines key misconceptions and liability exposures.
Managing Driver Safety: Guidance for Balancing Driver Discretion and Oversight in a Safety-Centric Era
Transportation employers face rising STAA risks amid heightened driver-safety scrutiny. Hanson Bridgett examines key compliance and liability lessons.
Federal Scrutiny of CDL Training Schools: Practical Considerations for Motor Carriers and Brokers
Motor carriers and brokers face new CDL training compliance risks as federal scrutiny expands. Hanson Bridgett analyzes liability and risk mitigation.
Supreme Court Broadens “Interstate Commerce” Under FAA Exemption to Include Certain Last-Mile Delivery Drivers
Last-mile delivery drivers may qualify for FAA arbitration exemption. Hanson Bridgett analyzes Supreme Court’s expanded interstate commerce test and employer risk.
Greg Reed Named Transportation and Logistics Practice Group Leader at Hanson Bridgett
Partner Greg Reed’s industry thought leadership and cross-practice collaboration continue to strengthen the firm’s transportation capabilities
SAN FRANCISCO – June 9, 2026 – Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that partner Gregory R. Reed has been named Transportation and Logistics practice group leader.
An Update on USPS’s Financial Challenges
Hanson Bridgett’s Transportation & Logistics Practice breaks down the Postal Regulatory Commission’s June 2026 congressional testimony, USPS’s financial risk timeline through 2031, and what Universal Service Obligation reform could mean for surface transportation suppliers.
Supreme Court Unanimously Holds Negligent-Hiring Claims Against Freight Brokers Survive FAAAA Preemption
Freight brokers face expanded liability after the Supreme Court’s FAAAA ruling. Hanson Bridgett breaks down negligent‑hiring risks and litigation strategies.
The Department of Labor Takes Another Turn on Worker Classification
Facing new DOL worker classification shifts? Transportation companies should prepare now as Hanson Bridgett analyzes the 2026 proposal and contractor risk.
“Trucking Lawsuits: Why Nuclear Verdicts Keep Hitting,” FreightWaves Interview with Greg Reed
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