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By Abigail Adcox | April 17, 2024
Two Am Law 100 firms and several plaintiff firms have entered appearances. Observers expect more lawyers to enter as litigation and investigations mount.
5 minute read
By Adam Finkel and Madeline Yedo | April 10, 2024
The high incidence of sexual assaults onboard cruise ships, especially as compared to other vacation sites, such as hotels, is clear evidence that cruise ships uniquely provide an environment that contributes to these attacks.
6 minute read
By Vincent C. Lesch and Kevin Mahoney | April 9, 2024
This article focuses on one important maritime statute: the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), including its all-important Commercial Aviation Exception. It also analyzes two unresolved procedural issues in DOHSA cases: whether and when they are removable to federal court and whether a DOHSA plaintiff has a right to a jury trial.
16 minute read
By Ira H. Leesfield | March 27, 2024
Passengers in this environment justifiably rely on the cruise line being able to provide medical treatment in the event of an emergency. And the marketing for the major cruise lines promotes their trained and credentialed medical staff. Unfortunately, and to the detriment of passengers, the on-board medical staff routinely demonstrate their inability to handle medical emergencies.
6 minute read
By James E. Mercante | February 27, 2024
In his Admiralty Law column, James E. Mercante discusses the collision between Navy warship USS John S. McCain and oil and chemical tanker Alnic MC, as well as the trial that followed in the Southern District of New York.
9 minute read
By Allison Dunn | January 26, 2024
Based on his hours in the classroom, the adjunct professor earned $75 per hour for teaching the banking law course, and approximately $102 per hour for the second course—rates "far exceeding" Maine's minimum wage and salary-basis requirement in Section 663(3)K, the court determined.
5 minute read
By Allison Dunn | December 15, 2023
"I think this case from the First Circuit stands for the proposition that, in order to comply with the applicable standard of law, at least in Maine, the attorney, generally, is required to take a second look, even if that attorney might believe that the area of question focuses on has already been settled," said Lee H. Bals, an attorney with Marcus Clegg who represented the plaintiff.
6 minute read
By Emily Saul | December 14, 2023
Lawyer Salvatore Strazzullo allegedly pocketed client funds from at least three separate cases, prosecutors said.
2 minute read
By James E. Mercante | November 30, 2023
Leaving passengers stranded on a vessel in extremis is not only against maritime tradition, but the optics are very bad, particularly with a jury. The captain of the dive boat Conception recently learned this lesson the hard way.
8 minute read
By Jillian Raines and Alex Harris | October 1, 2023
How should a federal court decide whether to enforce a choice-of-law provision? That's the question at the heart of 'Great Lakes Ins. v. Raiders Retreat Realty', a maritime coverage dispute that will be argued before the Supreme Court. However the court rules, the decision could have wide-ranging implications for insurance disputes—even those on land.
8 minute read
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