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COGSA “Act of God” Defense Successful for Hurricane Sandy Damage

“Monkey Business?” – Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Insurance Coverage in Coast Guard Mandated Clean-Up

WISTA USA AGM Takes Manhattan

Kerri M. D’Ambrosio of Chalos & Co, P.C. Recognized as Super Lawyers Rising Star for Maritime and Transportation Law

No Jurisdiction for Foreign Seafarers to Pursue Negligence Claims Resulting from Foreign Pirate Attack

Something is Fishy: US Supreme Finds that Grouper are not a Tangible Object under 18 U.S.C. 1519

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Vicarious Liability Claims Against Shipowner

First Circuit Court of Appeals Formally Recognizes Doctrine of Uberrimae Fidei As Established Principle of Federal Admiralty Law

Supreme Court of Texas Holds BP Not an Additional Insured on Transocean’s Policies

Article Co-Authored by George M. Chalos & Kerri M. D’Ambrosio of Chalos & Co, P.C. Featured in January 2015 Newsletter of the SDNY Chapter of the FBA