Client Alert – Spring 2011

by M. E. DeOrchis
  1. Who pays for the expense of keeping a pirate in prison?
  2. How has the problem of foreign Port Captains obtaining easy travel access to U.S. ports been solved?
  3. Is the sole owner of a corporation liable for the company’s debt?
  4. How was a foreign seaman sailing between foreign ports and arrested on the high seas by the U.S. on drug charges be snared by “Stare Decisis”?
  5. What is holding up adoption of the Rotterdam Rules Convention by the U.S.?
  6. Can suing a carrier in a state court avoid Limitation of Liability of a shipowner?
  7. Why is the U.S. Coast Guard reopening comments for its hazardous Substance Response Plan Rule?
  8. Who is responsible for an oil spill if a ship runs into an abandoned sunken anchor?
  9. Can a U.S. state regulate fuel used by vessels 24 miles off its shore?
  10. Will new FMC Rules allow domestic NVOCCs to negotiate rates?
  11. Can a maritime freight forwarder operate without an FMC license, a bond and insurance?
Client Alert - Spring 2011
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