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Webinar Description:

Join ÀϾÅÆ·²è Deputy General Counsel and ÀϾÅÆ·²è Litigation Center's Chief Counsel Rich Pianka for a recap of the Litigation Center’s 2020 activities, and other litigation-related developments important to the trucking industry.

Highlights will include:

• ÀϾÅÆ·²è’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Rhode Island’s truck-only highway tolls;
• DOT’s preemption of state meal- and rest-break rules;
• The Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference’s challenge to ocean carrier chassis practices before the Federal Maritime Commission;
• and the California Trucking Association’s challenge to California’s AB-5 independent contractor statute

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About the Presenter:

Rich Pianka, Deputy General Counsel and ÀϾÅÆ·²è Litigation Center Chief Counsel, ÀϾÅÆ·²è

Rich Pianka is Deputy General Counsel for the ÀϾÅÆ·²è, 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 ÀϾÅÆ·²è Litigation Center, he is responsible for advancing and defending the interests of motor carriers in the nation's courts, and regularly represents ÀϾÅÆ·²è in litigation with broad policy implications for the trucking industry.

Rich came to ÀϾÅÆ·²è 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.

Note: A recording will be provided to all approved registrants post webinar even if you are not able to attend.

**NOTICE: ÀϾÅÆ·²è webinars are strictly educational for our members, and are not press events. The information contained in this webinar is not intended for, nor should it be used in, the production, editing or creation of news or analysis pieces. Participants are also forbidden from using them as background for published materials, white papers or other communications. Therefore, the contents of this webinar are strictly embargoed and off the record.