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Join ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Deputy General Counsel and ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Litigation Center Counsel Rich Pianka for a recap of the Litigation Center's 2019 activities; and other litigation-related developments important to the trucking industry.
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Highlights will include:
- ÐÓ°É´«Ã½'s lawsuit challenging constitutionality of Rhode Island's truck-only highway tolls;
- DOT's preemption of California's meal-and rest-break rules;
- Litigation on compensability of sleeper berth time under the Fair Labor Standards Act;
- and an overview of the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½'s efforts to address the growing highway accident litigation crisis.
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About the Presenter:
Rich Pianka, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Deputy General Counsel, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Litigation Center Chief Counsel
Rich Pianka is Deputy General Counsel for the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, where he advocates on behalf of the industry before Congress and the executive branch on a wide range of legislative and regulatory issues. In addition, as Chief Counsel of the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Litigation Center, he is responsible for advancing and defending the interests of motor carriers in the nation's courts, and regularly represents ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ in litigation with broad policy implications for the trucking industry.
Rich came to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ in 2012 from the general and appellate litigation practice at Mayer Brown LLP. Previously, Rich clerked for Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and is a graduate of Princeton University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Georgetown University Law Center.
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