In 2009, the MV Maersk Alabama and its crew were captured by Somali pirates, who eventually took Captain Richard Phillips hostage while attempting to flee in a lifeboat from the U.S. Navy. His ordeal, the subject of a movie released this month, exemplifies how piracy bedeviled shippers near the coast of Somalia, according to Bruce Paulsen, a partner at New York’s Seward & Kissel. Paulsen, who represents shipping companies and their insurers, has been involved in more than 40 piracies. He talked to The National Law Journal about the legal issues involved.
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