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By James E. Mercante | October 30, 2018
Admiralty Law columnist James E. Mercante writes: A Frankenstorm can cause catastrophic damage on land and sea. For a vessel owner, the Act of God defense may provide protection from liability for damage to third parties. The homeowner gets no treat to either ownership or possession of a yacht washed ashore by a hurricane. But, whether the vessel owner will be held responsible for damages, well, only God (and federal judges) know!
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By Meredith Hobbs | September 19, 2018
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction is not for the casual souvenir hunter. Bidding will start at $21.5 million, and bids must be qualified in advance.
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By Terry Mutchler | August 30, 2018
Raw sugar, coconuts and rubber are the little-known originators of the Freedom of Information Act, the federal law that governs the release of public records.
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By John Kang | August 23, 2018
Paul Apostolis and Andrew Gray join Campbell Johnston Clark's offices in Singapore and London, respectively.
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By James E. Mercante | June 26, 2018
In his Admiralty column, James E. Mercante writes: Recent marine casualties demonstrate that operators of watercraft can be lured into inattention as readily as their landlubbing counterparts.
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By MP McQueen | May 11, 2018
Greta Lichtenbaum, a partner at O'Melveny & Myers whose practice includes international trade and regulatory compliance, answered Corporate Counsel's questions about the impact on multinational companies of the Trump administration's renewed sanctions against Iran.
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By Pamela C. Hicks | May 1, 2018
When I first started working on aviation cases 20 years ago, it was not uncommon for my time to be spent defending lawsuits related to commercial airline…
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By Jim T. Brown and Andrew J. Miller | May 1, 2018
In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1990 landmark decision in Miles v. Apex Marine Corp., federal and state courts have grappled with whether…
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By David T. Norton | April 19, 2018
The business aviation community — anyone operating aircraft ranging from multi-engine business jets down to single-engine piston airplanes under…
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By Kat C. Statman | April 2, 2018
The Fifth Circuit, in Thomas v. Hercules Offshore Services, L.L.C., Case No. 17-30638 (Fiftth Cir. March 2, 2018), concluded per curiam that the Occupational…
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