Ronald H. Usem is a transportation attorney and partner at Minneapolis-based law firm of Huffman, Usem, Saboe, Crawford & Greenberg. Mr. Usem also serves on the Director’s Circle of the Board of Directors of the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), the professional organization of the third-party logistics industry.   Mr. ...

If you’re a broker, you’ve probably heard of the infamous Schram case.  It was the first case of its kind where a freight broker was held liable for negligent hiring of a motor carrier that was involved in a catastrophic loss.  Because reducing broker risk is a critical piece of our CarrierWatchSM ...

If you’re a broker, you’ve probably heard of the infamous Schram case.  It was the first case of its kind where a freight broker was held liable for negligent hiring of a motor carrier that was involved in a catastrophic loss.  Because reducing broker risk is a critical piece of our CarrierWatchSM ...