Legal Trends

Maritime Law

Clearing the Muddy Waters of Offshore Contractual Indemnity Disputes: Implications of Grand Isle v. Seacor

Significant Narrowing of Rule B Attachments

Supreme Court Declares Punitive Damages Available for Maintenance and Cure Claim

Choice-of-Law Clauses in Marine Cargo Insurance Policy

Consistent Dispute Resolute Clauses Needed in Maritime Contracts

Spill Fund Reimbursement Allowed because of Willful Misconduct

Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Forum Non Conveniens

Room for Debate on Proximate Cause versus Relaxed Standard of Causation in a Jones Act Context

OCSLA Trumps Admiralty Jurisdiction

A New Arrow in the Jones Act Employer's Quiver

ADA Applies to Foreign-Flag Cruise Ships—In Theory

Taking Some Teeth Out of the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Statute

Supreme Court Rules a Dredge Is a Jones Act Vessel

Enforcement of Federal Law on Foreign-Flagged Ships in U.S. Waters

Circuit Split Widens over Exculpatory Clauses in Maritime Contracts

Jones Act Status Issue Once Again Wastes Resources of All

A Lien Is a Lien Is a Lien, but a Maritime Lien Is Not

Maritime Pollution: Mixing OPA and CERCLA Makes for Foul Waters

OSHA Takes a Dip in the Sea: Chao v Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc.

The Difficulty and Confusion Surrounding Removing Maritime Cases to Federal Court

To Remove or Not To Remove, That Is the Question

In Rem Admiralty Jurisdiction and the Supplemental Rules

Admiralty Jurisdiction: A Challenge for Even the Seasoned Practitioner


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