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Offshore Marine Service Association’s (OMSA) Guidance on Personnel Transport...
By: Chuck Talley and Gabe Silva On March 25, 2020, the Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) issued a memorandum providing guidance on the transport of potentially infected personnel during the...
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Offshore Marine Service Association’s (OMSA) Guidelines for the Prevention...
By Chuck Talley and Gabe Silva On April 16, 2020, the Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) issued a memorandum providing guidance for the protection of maritime personnel on vessels during the...
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Coast Guard Proposes to Clean up Environmental Regulations Governing Tankers
By: Tod J. Everage On May 13, 2020, the USCG published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking advising of its intent to amend and update the regulations governing financial responsibility for environmental...
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The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): The Agreement that...
After several years of negotiation and political posturing, 15 countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement on November 15, 2020. The RCEP includes several...
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Fifth Circuit Holds That A Jones Act Seaman Can Be Contributorily Negligent...
In the recent 2-1 decision of Knight v. Kirby Offshore Marine Pac., L.L.C, No. 19-30756, 2020 WL 7393534, at *1 (5th Cir. Dec. 17, 2020), the Fifth Circuit held that a Jones Act Seaman was...
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BOEM Begins Key Environmental Assessment In Preparation for Offshore Wind...
In support of the Biden administration’s goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) announced that it has been begun preparing its draft...
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Supreme Court to Review FLSA Claim By Highly Compensated Offshore Employee
In Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc v. Hewitt, an en banc U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 12-6 ruling last year finding that a highly paid offshore supervisor (who was paid more than...
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19th JDC Reverses Louisiana Pilotage Fee Commission Rate Increases
Judge Donald Johnson, of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court (“JDC”), granted an appeal of a final order of the Louisiana Pilotage Fee Commission (“PFC”) in Docket No. P20-001, that approved...
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Choice-of-Law Clauses in Marine Insurance Policies: The U.S. Supreme Court...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert in the case of Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC. The question before the Court is whether, under federal admiralty...
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