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Maritime Law

Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Forum Non Conveniens

2007-08-18 | Michael A Orlando

Michael Orlando looks at the recent admiralty case, Sinochem Int'l Co., Ltd. v. Malaysia Int'l Shipping Corp., which addressed forum non conveniens.

Surety

Killer Bond Forms and Contract Provisions (Part 2)

2007-08-01 | Marilyn Klinger

In this ongoing series, Marilyn Klinger discusses the surety problem of penal sum increases with change orders.

Corporate Aviation

Risk Mitigation—How Corporate Aviation Can Work

2007-06-09 | Adam Webster

Adam Webster examines why taking risks is necessary to avoid business stagnation and discusses the dangers in doing so.

Surety

Killer Bond Forms and Contract Provisions (Part 1)

2007-06-01 | Marilyn Klinger

In an ongoing series, Marilyn Klinger discusses new bond provisions and their impact on the liability of the surety industry.

Surety

Surety Underwriting, Sales, and Service—A Delicate Balance

2006-05-01 | Rolf A Neuschaefer

Rolf Neuschaefer explains the need for a better understanding of the respective responsibilities of sureties and agents.

Surety

California Curtails Unlicensed Contractors' Recovery for Their Work

2006-04-01 | Marilyn Klinger

Marilyn Klinger details a ruling stressing that contractors who enter into contracts to perform work do so at their own peril.

Surety

Construction Surety Bond Liability for Consequential Damages

2006-03-01 | Marilyn Klinger

Marilyn Klinger relates those cases that have found sureties liable for consequential damages in a loose chronological order going back 40 years.

Maritime Law

ADA Applies to Foreign-Flag Cruise Ships—In Theory

2005-08-20 | Michael A Orlando

In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that is an important, although not total, victory for disabled persons requiring improved access on cruise liners relating to the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). Michael Orlando explains.

Maritime Law

Taking Some Teeth out of the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Statute

2005-05-14 | Michael A Orlando

Michael Orlando discusses a recent Fifth Circuit case interpreting the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Statute and the problems the decision poses by turning the system upside down over a statute that seems to be fairly clear in its meaning

Maritime Law

Supreme Court Rules a Dredge Is a Jones Act Vessel

2005-03-18 | Michael A Orlando

Michael Orlando discusses a 2005 case—Stewart v. Dutra Construction—that hopes to resolve the conflict over how to determine whether a watercraft is a "vessel" for the purposes of the LHWCA.

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