Cruises More Dangerous Than People Think and the Triumph Showed Warning Signs
In Washington: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is looking to let cruise lines resume trips in the U.S. by mid-July and changing some of the rules to allow the ships to sail. A spokeswoman for...more
In Washington: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed confidence Wednesday that the U.S. can spend trillions more in upcoming legislation following this month’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. In testimony before...more
In Washington: Congress continues to debate a new coronavirus relief package, possibly as part of a government spending bill due December 11. Here are the latest developments...more
In Washington: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) outlined a busy lame-duck session agenda Wednesday, saying he wants another coronavirus relief bill by the end of the year and a spending bill by the December 11...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the Court examined the viability of class action waivers in the face of claims that the defendants’ negligence led...more
On October 14, 2020, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is issuing an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public comment on potential regulatory changes to its passenger vessel operator (PVO) financial...more
In Washington - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suddenly reverted back to an old guidance after posting an updated version 18 Sept. on the aerosol transmission of COVID-19. The CDC reports that it was...more
On February 21, 2020, the cruise ship Grand Princess embarked from San Francisco, headed to Hawaii. Among the ship’s 3,533 passengers and crew were 62 people who had been exposed to COVID-19 on the ship’s immediate prior trip...more
In this edition of Predominant Issues, we have highlighted several recently filed class actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic to identify the types of exposures companies may face in this unprecedented environment. In the...more
COVID-19 has produced an instant global economic shock. It is unclear whether the economic effects will be short-term – like the post-9/11 recession – or long-term – like the 2008 global financial crisis. We examine the...more
In what is no doubt the beginning of a tsunami of lawsuits (pun intended) against the cruise industry arising from the coronavirus pandemic what we understand to be the first lawsuit against Princess Cruise Lines has recently...more