Warehousing Law and Liability: Statutes, Industry Standards, Duty of Care, Documentation, Insurance, Damages

Mr. Tutrone advises multinational corporations, trade associations, and transportation intermediaries on domestic and international matters involving logistics services and transportation. These matters include: regulatory compliance; regulatory enforcement; agency rulemaking; legislative concerns; service issues; loss and damage claims; transportation security; contract drafting and negotiation; and rate disputes before the Surface Transportation Board (STB). His practice is multimodal, involving air, motor, ocean and rail transportation, and encompasses a wide variety of logistics services, such as warehousing and terminal services.

Mr. Horvath represents public warehouse operators, motor truck carriers, motor brokers, freight forwarders and their insurers on warehouse and transportation claims and lawsuits involving a multitude of issues including inventory shortages and multimillion dollar fire and theft losses. He prepares and negotiates storage agreements and transportation agreements and authored the standard terms and conditions which are currently approved by the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses. He is a frequent lecturer on warehouse legal liability and cargo legal liability risks and insurance coverage.

Mr. Delaney provides counsel to companies, investors, and entrepreneurs on a variety of domestic and cross-border legal matters, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, corporate governance, and securities law. He has significant experience in regulatory and compliance matters, both in the US and internationally, structuring acquisitions, divestitures and mergers, drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, public offerings, and private placements of debt and equity securities. Mr. Delaney has also advised numerous companies in their compliance with SEC regulations and securities laws and is a certified public accountant. With more than two decades of experience, he has held a range of leadership positions for three different multibillion-dollar, multinational corporations, where he oversaw all legal, compliance, contractual, IP, litigation, human resources, and risk management matters. Before serving in-house, Mr. Delaney was a partner in the Atlanta offices of two international law firms where he focused his practice on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and securities law.