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Newsletter Articles From 2009
Carrier wins summary judgment in cargo damage suit
By William D. Brejcha
March 2009
In Design X Manufacturing, Inc. v. ABF Freight Systems, Inc., the United States District Court for Connecticut granted motor carrier ABF’s motion for summary judgment in a shipper’s cargo damage lawsuit.
Supreme Court to hear cargo claim case: Does Carmack or COGSA control?
By William D. Brejcha
December 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted a 9th Circuit case for review where the issue will be which federal statute controls in a cargo damage claim arising from an Oklahoma train derailment on a through bill of lading shipment that originated in China with a sea move to Long Beach, CA followed by an inland rail move to Midwest U.S. destinations in Regal-Beloit Corp. v. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., 557 F.3d 985 (9th Cir. 2/17/09).
Telecommunications law update
By Donna J. Amburgey
December 2009
What did your computer do for you in 1980? What does it do now? How about telephones—they haven’t changed much in the past decade, right? The laws and administrative regulations surrounding and regulating communications of all sorts, from old fashioned television and telephones to the digital revolution and cloud computing, present challenges for any attorney attempting to be a useful advisor to those who work and play in the world of telecommunications.