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New Jersey Law Journal

Ferry Owner Must Hand Over Secret Agreement With Captain

A federal judge has ordered the owner of the SeaStreak Wall Street commuter ferry, which crashed into a Manhattan pier last year, to disclose the confidential agreement it signed with the captain when he left the company in the aftermath of the accident.
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National Law Journal

Halliburton Agrees to Pay $1B in Deepwater Horizon Claims

Halliburton Energy Services Inc. has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle civil claims for damages caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Discovery Dispute Erupts in Ferry Crash Case

Dozens of claimants seeking to recover for injuries they allegedly suffered in a 2013 New York commuter ferry crash are battling with ferry owner SeaStreak LLC over access to the separation agreement the company signed with the ferry captain when he left his job following the accident.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Arbitration v. United Quarries

Valid Freight Agreement Was Silent on Address Commission Rate; Arbitration Award Confirmed
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Team Tankers A.S.

Panel Chair's Failure to Disclose Brain Tumor Not Corruption Warranting Award's Vacatur
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Alaska Reefer Management LLC v. Network Shipping Ltd.

Court Rejects Rule B Attachment's Vacatur Grounded on Amenity to Suit in New Jersey
2 minute read

Law.com

Circuit Clarifies Jurisdiction in Admiralty Cases

Federal courts have admiralty jurisdiction to enforce the judgment of a foreign, non-admiralty court if the claim underlying the judgment is maritime under federal law, the Second Circuit said Thursday.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

British Marine PLC v. Aavanti Shipping & Chartering Ltd

Action Stayed Pending Arbitration in London Which May Moot Remaining Breach Claims
2 minute read

Law.com

Fearing the Consequences of Challenging China

Boston's Foley Hoag is proudly representing the Philippines in international arbitration of its maritime boundary dispute with China. "Bring on Goliath," says Paul Reichler, the partner leading the case. But for most big law firms, heavily focused on expanding business in China, taking on such a matter would be unthinkable.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Small Legge, Farrow Wins Big Litigation

The 19-lawyer Houston firm of Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown not only wins big cases, it also has helped clarify maritime and insurance law.
4 minute read

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