This roundtable will discuss current issues affecting the maritime plaintiff’s bar. Topics will include: “905 (b) duty to provide safe access in a non-stevedoring, non-shipyard environment. Rockets, barges and vessel to vessel transfers at sea, oh my!” and “Maintenance and Cure: Ancient remedy—modern applications.” The...
What constitutes a written notice of claim? How to deal with efforts to stay a limitation action? Who can limit? How do these rules vary? Join us for an interactive roundtable among respected lawyers to discuss their experiences and share yours with one of the...
The August 16 Admiralty Law Section Roundtable will feature a discussion on new developments about who can be considered a seaman for Jones Act purposes and whether and what impact Sieracki status can have on your cases. Join us for an interactive roundtable among respected...
Please join us as board certified admiralty law attorney Charlie Davant lays out the nuts and bolts of admiralty law. This session will discuss the history and basics of admiralty law which has existed since the time of the Phoenicians. Charlie will track the development...
This session will teach attendees what forensic meteorology is and the type of cases a forensic meteorologist is retained in. Our course will also discuss the qualifications of a forensic meteorologist expert and the admissibility of a weather expert in court. We will cover data...
This webinar will revisit noteworthy decisions and issues of 2022 involving seaman status, the shipping industry and supply chain, the passenger vessel industry, and marine insurance coverage and also provide a protection and indemnity club perspective. The panel will examine the legal issues involved, provide...
This panel will examine significant developments for the first half of 2023 in the shipping industry and supply chain and the passenger vessel industry. The panel will also explore developments in marine insurance coverage and seaman status as well as the rising amounts of both...
This Maritime Law CLE will have three panels exploring an array of legal issues related to the Small Passenger Vessel Act, marine insurance and potential personal injury, property damage and environmental claims arising from a small multi-purpose vessel casualty. Presented by: Admiralty Law Section &...
This panel discussion will address the scope of the amendments by explaining what entities and personnel are required to report sexual assault and harassment, what qualifies as such, and the required timing of reports as well as what information must be posted and where. This...
Sailing in Savannah will focus on various timely maritime law issues ranging from risk management practices to significant marine casualties to multiple perspectives on the Limitation of Liability Act. The conference will offer six hours of CLE for Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina and will...
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** As it relates to admiralty and maritime subject matter jurisdiction, the U.S. Constitution states in Article III, Section 2 that “he judicial Power shall extend. . . to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction…” The first statute defining...
Please join the Admiralty Law Section and Southern District of Georgia Chapter for Sailing in Savannah! This annual event offers six hours of CLE credit (GA, FL, SC, LA, TX) and a catered breakfast, lunch, and post-program cocktail reception at the exclusive Chatham Club, overlooking...