New York Law Journal | Analysis
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.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
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.
By Emily Saul | December 14, 2023
Lawyer Salvatore Strazzullo allegedly pocketed client funds from at least three separate cases, prosecutors said.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
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.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
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.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By James E. Mercante | August 7, 2023
A massive investigation regarding the Titan submersible is underway that could lead to regulatory changes to improve safety at sea and potentially yield civil and criminal referrals.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By James E. Mercante | April 19, 2023
Perhaps admiralty is a welcome deviation from the rocks, reefs and shoals the Supreme Court must navigate in hard-core and politicized cases involving civil rights, abortion, gun control, criminal law and politics.
By ALM Staff | May 3, 2022
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By James E. Mercante | February 25, 2022
Crystal Cruises may be down for the count, but was it the pandemic that dealt the final blow?
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By James E. Mercante | July 7, 2021
It is said that a collision at sea will ruin your whole day. But today, any type of major marine casualty will be agonizing and costly for years, as evidenced by the examples discussed by James E. Mercante in this edition of his Admiralty Law column.
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