by Justin Hectus | Jun 11, 2019 | Homepage News, Maritime Alerts
On Monday, the Supreme Court held in Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton that state wage-and-hour laws do not apply to drilling workers off the Coast of California, overruling a Ninth Circuit decision and resolving a split between the Fifth and Ninth...
by commune | May 19, 2018 | Maritime Alerts, Other News
The following interview was reprinted with permission from Lawdragon.com. The “Law of the Sea” as a concept generally only comes across our bow when it has to do with international boundaries, fishing and mineral rights, and, well, maybe on International Talk like a...
by commune | Jan 24, 2018 | Maritime Alerts, Other News
New Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Allows Punitive Damages for Seamen’s Unseaworthiness Claims in Personal Injury Actions In Batterton v. Dutra Group, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that punitive damages are available to injured...
by commune | Jan 9, 2018 | Maritime Alerts, Other News
Has the tide turned on Washington State Supreme Court’s Lundborg v. Keystone Shipping Co. decision on the enforceability of the rate of maintenance in a union contract? A recent Third Circuit ruling regarding the enforceability of maintenance rates in collective...
by commune | Jan 3, 2018 | Maritime Alerts, Other News
Last week the California State Lands Commission (“SLC”) distributed informative documents which remind vessel owners and operators of their management, record-keeping, and reporting obligations under the SLC’s biofouling and ballast water regulations. The document...
