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Maritime Law
Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Forum Non Conveniens
2007-08-18 | Michael A Orlando
Michael Orlando looks at the recent admiralty case, Sinochem Int'l Co., Ltd. v. Malaysia Int'l Shipping Corp., which addressed forum non conveniens.
Surety
Killer Bond Forms and Contract Provisions—Part 2
2007-08-01 | Marilyn Klinger
In this ongoing series, Marilyn Klinger discusses the surety problem of penal sum increases with change orders.
Corporate Aviation
Risk Mitigation—How Corporate Aviation Can Work
2007-06-09 | Adam Webster
Adam Webster examines why taking risks is necessary to avoid business stagnation and discusses the dangers in doing so.
Surety
Killer Bond Forms and Contract Provisions—Part 1
2007-06-01 | Marilyn Klinger
In an ongoing series, Marilyn Klinger discusses new bond provisions and their impact on the liability of the surety industry.
Surety
Surety Underwriting, Sales, and Service—A Delicate Balance
2006-05-01 | Rolf A Neuschaefer
Rolf Neuschaefer explains the need for a better understanding of the respective responsibilities of sureties and agents.
Surety
California Curtails Unlicensed Contractors' Recovery for Their Work
2006-04-01 | Marilyn Klinger
Marilyn Klinger details a ruling stressing that contractors who enter into contracts to perform work do so at their own peril.
Surety
Construction Surety Bond Liability for Consequential Damages
2006-03-01 | Marilyn Klinger
Marilyn Klinger relates those cases that have found sureties liable for consequential damages in a loose chronological order going back 40 years.
Maritime Law
ADA Applies to Foreign-Flag Cruise Ships—In Theory
2005-08-20 | Michael A Orlando
In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that is an important, although not total, victory for disabled persons requiring improved access on cruise liners relating to the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). Michael Orlando explains.
Maritime Law
Taking Some Teeth out of the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Statute
2005-05-14 | Michael A Orlando
Michael Orlando discusses a recent Fifth Circuit case interpreting the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Statute and the problems the decision poses by turning the system upside down over a statute that seems to be fairly clear in its meaning
Maritime Law
Supreme Court Rules a Dredge Is a Jones Act Vessel
2005-03-18 | Michael A Orlando
Michael Orlando discusses a 2005 case—Stewart v. Dutra Construction—that hopes to resolve the conflict over how to determine whether a watercraft is a "vessel" for the purposes of the LHWCA.
Maritime Law
Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Forum Non Conveniens
2007-08-18 | Michael A Orlando
Surety
California Curtails Unlicensed Contractors' Recovery for Their Work
2006-04-01 | Marilyn Klinger
Maritime Law
Taking Some Teeth out of the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Statute
2005-05-14 | Michael A Orlando
