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On July 17, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a Jones Act seaman's personal injury suit on forum non conveniens grounds.

On February 1, 2024, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that a plaintiff alleging a violation of the Maine Equal Pay Law (MEPL) does not need to show additional discriminatory intent beyond..

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira substantially impacts the arbitrability of independent contractor misclassification cases in the transportation industry.

The DoE issued a Notice of Proposed Procedures for Liquefied Natural Gas Export Decisions.

The Jones Act and other coastwise trade laws must be carefully considered in any offshore energy project.

On July 14, the State of Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit in the Middle District of Tennessee against six businesses that operate retail alcohol websites.

In April 2010, the mobile offshore drilling unit ("MODU") Deepwater Horizon suffered an explosion and catastrophic fire that led to the rig’s sinking, the loss of eleven lives, and the largest oil spill disaster in U.S. history.

Whether you move goods via trucks, trains, planes, or cargo ships, it is essential that you begin to view the shipment of goods in terms of security for the entire journey.

On December 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") announced a $60 per barrel price cap on maritime transfers of Russian-origin crude oil.

The Middle East war has focused attention on the “Jones Act,” a U.S. maritime policy law. Waiving the law allegedly will help with the price of gasoline in the United States...

I recently learned that the alleged Chinese curse "may you live in interesting times" is not, in fact, Chinese at all.

Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued updated guidance to help the global shipping and maritime industry detect and mitigate risks associated with sanctions evasion practices related to the shipment of Iranian-origin petroleum, petroleum products, and petrochemical products.

On March 12, 2024, the Ninth Circuit published a decision in Ortiz v. Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC, holding that the Plaintiff Adan Ortiz...

Over the last three decades, the paradigm for designing buildings, bridges, and other structures has been undergoing an interesting evolution.

The war on terrorism is just that: a war in every sense but the most traditional. Foreign invaders are trying to besiege and conquer us, to take what's rightfully ours, to attack us right here in our homeland. We want to keep them out. To do so, we are designing and putting up barricades, technological fortifications to defend ourselves.

In addition to providing for the expenditure of billions of dollars to stimulate the American economy, the 2009 American Recovery And Reinvestment Act limits the reach and scope of the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 901, “et seq”. (the “LHWCA”).

There is a bit of weariness (and disappointment) in our industry with regard to the initiative to enact an enhanced responder immunity regime.

COVID-19 and pandemic restrictions changed how our society purchases and transports consumer goods. Before the pandemic, shopping online was steadily growing. The pandemic restrictions caused individuals...