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Daily Compliance News: March 26, 2021 the Suez Canal edition
Daily Compliance News: January 26, 2021, the Black Night at Apollo edition
Episode 177 -- 2020 OFAC Sanctions Enforcement Year in Review
Daily Compliance News: January 11, 2021, the Character Matters edition
EMBARGOED! Episode 20: Top 10 Stories of 2020
CCBJ WEBCAST: INTRODUCTION TO ADMIRALTY LAW AND THE USE OF ADR IN RESOLVING MARITIME DISPUTES
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 527-Don Stern on the US Attorney Offices
Compliance Lessons from Venice: How the Lion’s Mouth Informs Your Internal Reporting System
The Affiliated Monitors Expert Podcast Series - What Does the Government Expect?
Daily Compliance News: August 27, 2020-the It Just Gets Worse edition
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 493 – Eric Lorber on How the Trade Sanction Sausage is Made
Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 73-The Lights of Zetar
Trekking Through Compliance-Episode 62 – Day of the Dove
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Brazil’s National Agency of Waterway Transportation (“ANTAQ”) will hold a Public Consultation and Hearing from September 9 to October 23, 2024 (Notice of Public Hearing No. 11/2024). The aim is to receive feedback on a draft...more
We have been following the International Seabed Authority (“ISA”) Council’s negotiations and drafting of the Exploitation Rules, Regulations and Procedures (“Exploitation RRPs”) for the deep seabed beyond national...more
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We touch upon various issues in our August insurance update. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts considers the meaning of “surface waters” and whether the sublimit for floods applies when pooled water on a roof...more
The US, Canada, and Finland are launching a joint partnership to build more ice-breaking ships to compete with China and Russia in Arctic. Sad but true, here we go again. Whether it’s the South China sea, or even the moon,...more
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In this Alert, we review the impact of the recent acceptance by the Japan Diet of the 2009 Amendment to the London Protocol. Acceptance of the Amendment provides a critical enabler for the export of CO2 from Japan for...more
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The Federal Maritime Commission (the “FMC”) issued its Final Rule on July 22, 2024, establishing its approach to determining what constitutes an unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate cargo space and vessel space...more
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Much has already been written about the shockwaves reverberating from the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises, et. al. v. Raimondo, Sec. of Comm., et. al., No. 22-451, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 2882 (2024). As the...more
Florida leads the nation in the number of recreational boats, with over 1 million registered in 2022 according to a report of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (“FWC”). And, according to the U.S. Coast...more
In this Insight, first published in PLC, James Clarke, Richard Shaw and Anna Blest consider the Supreme Court's decision in RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV [2024] UKSC 18, which confirmed that a party's obligation to exercise...more
Deep-sea mining activities in the seabed and ocean floor beyond national jurisdiction, including the collection of polymetallic nodules, are governed by the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the agreement...more
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Plaintiff Leona Rhoades, on behalf of the estate of her husband, Dewey T. Rhoades, commenced this action against a variety of defendants, alleging that their...more
In light of the constant updates in the maritime sector, our Ports and Maritime team is launching this Bulletin. Here we cover the main legislative events, developments in Brazil’s National Agency of Waterway Transportation...more
The Court of Appeal has held that a party who prevents a condition precedent to their obligation to pay from being met cannot rely on the unfulfilled condition to escape their liability in debt....more
Yet again the ocean freight bid season is unfolding against a backdrop of uncertainty. The 2024 season brings a confluence of economic, geopolitical, trade, and industry-related issues that have created a complex environment...more
Addressing the scope of a magistrate judge’s Article III authority, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a judgment and remanded the case for a new trial because the magistrate judge performed...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overrule its 1984 Chevron opinion means that when reviewing agency interpretation of a statute, courts now must exercise their independent judgment as to whether an agency acted...more
Over the last forty years the Chevron doctrine, established by the Supreme Court in Chevron U.S.A, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), has been a pillar of administrative law in the United...more
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On June 18, 2024, Brazil’s National Agency of Waterway Transportation (“ANTAQ”) and Ministry of Ports and Airports (“MPor”) launched the "Navegue Simples" Program, aiming to reduce bureaucracy, innovate, and simplify port...more