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New York Law Journal

Coast Guard Temporarily Retreats From Plan to Anchor Oil Barges in the Hudson

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday it has temporarily suspended plans to anchor oil barges in the Hudson River at 10 locations from Yonkers to Kingston, pending a Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment of the river.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Troubled Waters: A Tweet to the Supremes

In his Admiralty Law column, James E. Mercante examines the test for federal maritime jurisdiction, writing: The current admiralty jurisdiction test has caused confusion, expense and inconsistent results. It is time to bring back the “bright line” rule, and apply maritime jurisdiction to all torts that originate on a vessel in navigable waters.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

TransAtlantic Lines LLC v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Assoc., Inc.

Public Policy Challenge to Mutual Insurer's ADR Decision Fails to Meet Two-Pronged Test
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Southern Ports Break Records as Panama Canal Anniversary Nears

Southern ports are experiencing a record foreign trade boom thanks in part to an expanded Panama Canal that permits Asian cargo ships to reach them more easily.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bomin Greece S.A. v. M/V Genco Success

Affirmative Communication Was Sufficient to Alter Plaintiff's Right to Enforce a Lien
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Iota Shipholding Ltd. v. Starr Indemnity and Liability Co.

Arbitration Is Enjoined; Valid Arbitration Agreement Between Parties Is Lacking
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Garvey Schubert Barer Goes Fishing in the Lateral Market

The firm has hired Andrew Richards, a fishery industry veteran and former deckhand on commercial salmon trollers. Richards recently shuttered his own Seattle-based shop, Sullivan & Richards, which represented a wide variety of clients in the commercial fishing space.
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

Garvey Schubert Barer Goes Fishing in the Lateral Market

The firm has hired Andrew Richards, a fishery industry veteran and former deckhand on commercial salmon trollers. Richards recently shuttered his own Seattle-based shop, Sullivan & Richards, which represented a wide variety of clients in the commercial fishing space.
13 minute read

Daily Business Review

Another Big British Firm Inks a Combination in the Americas

London-based legal giant Clyde & Co announced Wednesday its merger with Mexico's Garza Tello & Asociados, a 23-lawyer firm specializing in energy, insurance and maritime work.
22 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Jones Act Critics Care More About Personal Profit Than Protecting Our Country

It's not often that you find someone like me (a plaintiff lawyer who regularly sues marine companies on behalf of injured maritime workers) agreeing with anything coming from those companies. But when it comes to attacks on the Jones Act and shadowy corporate groups spreading false propaganda with the sole aim of increasing their own profits, we both find ourselves aligned in support of the Jones Act.
14 minute read

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