The transportation industry is rapidly changing, leading to a critical business need for innovative service models and forward-thinking corporate partnerships. Drawing from the strength of professionals in practices across the firm, Polsinelli’s Transportation & Logistics attorneys use decades of experience in a range of industries to counsel clients on a host of legal and regulatory issues. 

With depth across the entire field of transportation and logistics, our representation most frequently centers on the following industries:

Automotive

  • Polsinelli attorneys work with manufacturers, retailers, and lessors of vehicles on cutting-edge program development (including car sharing programs), litigation involving contract disputes, class actions and product liability, protection of their product innovations, and insurance programs and/or risk reduction.

Aviation 

  • Our multidisciplinary team counsels clients on virtually all aviation law practice areas, including aircraft ownership and use, manufacturing and certification, uncrewed aircraft systems, regulatory compliance and litigation.

Commercial Trucking

  • With collective decades of experience with major trucking operators, we understand the critical logistics systems that play prominently in this industry. We counsel some of the nation’s largest trucking companies on class actions, employment claims, and breach of contract issues.

While the specific vehicles utilized in these industries may vary, there are also many common operational and regulatory issues that exist. Our legal team counsels clients in all transportation industries in the following areas:

  • Corporate and transactional advice, including commercial contracts and transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances
  • Financial services such as private equity investment, sophisticated loan origination and capital tax leases
  • Employment advice and defense, including compliance counseling and litigation
  • Insurance requirements, risk mitigation, and if necessary, insurance recovery
  • Intellectual property protection and litigation, including patent, trademark and counterfeit goods
  • Regulatory issues such as permitting, required disclosures, import/export compliance and legislative advocacy
  • Litigation matters and litigation mitigation and avoidance related to such issues as contractual agreements, shareholder disputes, lease disputes, product liability, matters arising out of accidents, and other business disputes
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National Security Focus on Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Sharpens
Last year, Colonial Pipeline halted one of the United States’ largest pipeline systems due to a ransomware attack.1 Within days, a state of emergency was declared in 17 states. A few days later, the pipeline resumed service, and Colonial Pipeline acknowledged it paid $4.4 million to cyber criminals.2 For critical infrastructure, Colonial Pipeline was a turning point. Download the publication to view the full alert.  1 Colonial Pipeline Cyber Incident 2 On June 7, 2021, the Department of Justice announced the recovery of $2.3 million in cryptocurrency that was paid to cybercriminals
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