11/26/2025 6:06:11 PM Fifth Circuit Rules Contract to Repair Offshore Oil & Gas Platform Not a Maritime Contract By Nicolette Kraska Alexander Baynham In another recent decision, Genesis Energy, L.P. v. Danos, L.L.C., 152 F.4th 648 (5th Cir. 2025), the United States Fifth Circuit Court...
11/19/2025 7:15:22 PM Series: Treasure Salvage and the Law of Finds – Exploring Maritime Jurisdiction and Claims Through Sunken Treasure By Elizabeth McIntosh Elizabeth Strunk Part 1: Finders Keepers? The Law of Salvage vs. The Law of Finds Ever-evolving technology is allowing more and more shipwrecks to be...
11/19/2025 6:12:26 PM Fifth Circuit Holds Master Services Contract to Provide Workers for Offshore Oil & Gas Platforms Governed by Louisiana—not Maritime—Law By Alexander Baynham Lance Bullock The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s partial grant of summary judgment holding a...
9/29/2025 7:44:35 PM D.C. Circuit Expands Ocean Carriers’ Demurrage Billing Authority By Will Yost In World Shipping Council v. Federal Maritime Commission (D.C. Cir. Sept. 23, 2025), the D.C. Circuit vacated part of the FMC’s 2024...
7/30/2025 9:02:49 PM Wells on the High Seas: Maritime Law and the Energy Industry By Liskow In this episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April L. Rolen-Ogden are joined by Liskow maritime attorney Thomas Diaz...
7/3/2025 4:30:36 PM Governor Landry Signs Act Revising the “Ships and Ships’ Supplies” Exemption By Bob Angelico Caroline Lafourcade Kevin Naccari Leon Rittenberg III +1 more... Show less Governor Jeff Landry signed Act 384 into law on June 20, 2025, making changes to the sales and use tax provisions of the revised...
2/19/2025 10:50:58 PM The FMC’s Latest Ruling on Detention Charges: What it Means for Ocean Carriers By Will Yost Nicolette Kraska On February 13, 2025, the Federal Maritime Commission (“FMC”) issued its latest ruling in a saga concerning whether an ocean carrier’s...
12/2/2024 3:50:33 PM Liskow Goes Beneath the Surface of Maritime Law: Get to Know the Authors By Liskow Liskow is proud to share a video from our new series “Beneath the Surface,” which introduces audiences to our nationally recognized...
10/31/2024 6:00:44 PM Majority Rules: Ninth Circuit Joins in Treating Contribution and Indemnity Claims as Separate in Limitation Proceedings By Michael Golemi Raymond Waid Elizabeth McIntosh Elizabeth Strunk +1 more... Show less On September 12, 2024, in In re Live Life Bella Vita LLC, No. 23-55613 (9th Cir. Sept. 12, 2024), the Ninth Circuit joined the majority...
10/15/2024 7:08:19 PM EPA Issues Much-Anticipated Final Rule Establishing National Standards of Performance for Vessel Incidental Discharges By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Nicolette Kraska Colin North +2 more... Show less On October 9, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published the final rule, Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards...
10/7/2024 5:00:14 PM USCG Updates Guidance on Safer Seas Act Camera Requirements By Jessie Shifalo Elizabeth Strunk Kelly Scalise On October 3, 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard published Change 1 to CVC Policy Letter 23-05 — Guidance on Surveillance Requirements for...
7/23/2024 1:57:17 PM Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Jones Act Claims Based on Forum Non Conveniens By Tommy McGoey Liskow On July 17, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a Jones Act...
4/18/2024 10:53:02 PM Fifth Circuit Upholds Coast Guard Determination that Dredging Barge with Foreign-Made Crane May Operate in the United States By Mark Latham Liskow On April 17, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Coast Guard’s determination that a vessel is...
3/20/2024 9:27:46 PM Factual & Legal Leaps Fall Flat: The Fifth Circuit Affirms that Plaintiff Was Not a Jones Act Seaman By Elizabeth Strunk On March 12, 2024, in Santee v. Oceaneering International, Inc. et al., the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a published...
3/18/2024 9:32:03 PM An Introduction to Maritime Law Presumptions By Jessie Shifalo Elizabeth Strunk Maritime law has many unique characteristics that differentiate it from state and federal law. One of these characteristics is the...
2/23/2024 2:05:00 PM Choice-of-Law Provisions in Marine Insurance Contracts Upheld by the Supreme Court By Raymond Waid Jessie Shifalo Elizabeth Strunk In a much-anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court held that choice-of-law provisions in marine insurance contracts are...