In one of the year’s most closely watched cases, the Supreme Court on June 28 ruled 6-3 in favor of overturning a 40-year-old interpretive rule created by an earlier Supreme… Read More
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The Supreme Court’s overturning of the so-called Chevron deference doctrine in its June 28 Loper Bright decision may be one of the more consequential decisions of the Roberts court, with… Read More
In a unanimous decision applauded by marine interests for reaffirming a long-standing practice and bringing more certainty to marine insurance, the Supreme Court on February 21 upheld “choice of law”… Read More
One of the panelists at the recently concluded seminar of the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association spoke on one of the two cases involving maritime law that the Supreme… Read More
The Republican Governors Association, representing the governors of 25 states, including most farm states, sent a letter to the White House January 30 urging the Biden administration to delay its… Read More
In its just-released ruling West Virginia vs. EPA, the Supreme Court not only throws out the Obama-era Clean Power Plan for good, it permanently changes the rules for how federal… Read More
On January 26, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration formally withdrew its nationwide COVID-19 vaccine mandate after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on January 13 that Congress had not… Read More
A Fifth Circuit case awaiting an en banc judgment could make it harder for certain offshore workers working aboard a vessel to claim Jones Act seaman status. “En banc” means… Read More
Last week’s Supreme Court decision in Dutra v. Batterton (June 24) is one of the most consequential maritime law rulings in recent years. It was important for its reversal of… Read More
On June 24, the Supreme Court resolved a split between two judicial circuits by ruling in The Dutra Group v. Batterton that punitive damages are not available in Jones Act… Read More
