Transportation

Through the decades, we have provided sophisticated, intelligent counseling on the unique legal issues faced by small and large Transportation Industry companies in California and across the country.  Providing legal guidance to the Transportation Industry is one of our core practice areas. We have long-standing advisement and litigation experience in this area, and are often invited presenters at industry conferences nationwide.

Companies in the Transportation Industry face unique challenges. And we’ve been in the trenches fighting for our Transportation Industry clients in civil litigation, employment law disputes, contractual obligations disagreements, ownership issues, and battles with regulatory bodies.  Our vast experience has enabled us to provide an unmatched advantage to taxi companies, on-demand transportation services, limousine, shuttle and paratransit companies, public transportation providers, and governmental transit authorities.

Clients matter to us on a personal level. Understanding you and your business puts us in the best position to provide customized and practical legal advice, so we develop and maintain close relationships and take the time to learn the complexities of your business. In this way, we are best able to provide effective and efficient representation and well-developed business strategies for you.

We counsel about business formation and entity selection, regulatory compliance, and prepare up-to-date contracts, leases, and other service provider agreements that are designed to provide you the highest level of legal protection and tactical commercial goals.  We are eminently ready to handle all aspects of litigation, including class actions, personal injury claims, regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, or trademark and unfair business claims, and our track record speaks for itself.

Core Areas

Along with our litigation and class action practice, our representation in connection with advising and counseling our Transportation Industry clients includes the following:

  • Strategic Planning and Risk Management
  • Entity Selection, Formation and Maintenance
  • Independent Contractor / Service Provider Agreements
  • Class Action Waivers
  • Arbitration Agreements
  • Employment Agreements
  • Commercial Leases
  • Confidentiality and Non-disclosure Agreements
  • Asset and Stock Purchases

Further, Transportation is a heavily regulated industry that faces the constant and confusing change of municipal, state, and federal laws and regulations. At Dunn DeSantis Walt & Kendrick, our Transportation Industry group is prepared to assist you in plotting a course through the mire of regulations that directly affect and control your industry. To deal with those risks, our attorneys will identify strategic commercial considerations of regulatory compliance to provide you legal protection in an effective and cost efficient manner. Our attorneys are prominent in this area of the law. We regularly write and speak to local and national audiences about Transportation Industry regulations and changes that affect your industry.

Our transportation industry regulatory compliance practice includes counseling you about:

  • Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • EEOC / DFEH / EDD / DLSE / WCAB / DOL
  • Employee Benefits
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
  • Family and Medical Leaves (FMLA / CFRA)
  • Information Retention Policies and related issues
  • Insurance Review, Counseling and Compliance
  • Local Taxi Cab Licensing and Regulation
  • Privacy Rights
  • State and Federal Transportation Regulations (including California Public Utilities Commission (PUC))
  • Time-off Policies
  • Wage and Hour and Classification Issues
  • Workers Compensation
  • Workplace Safety and Health (OSHA)