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Fifth Circuit Finds Tugboat Operator’s Fault for Collision No Defense to Owner’s Liability for Oil Spill

First Circuit Finds a Vessel Owned by the United States but Operated by a Private Contractor Is a “Public Vessel” – in Direct Contradiction of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990

Chalos & Co Houston Office to Open Its Doors to All in Need

Ballast Water Management Update – July 2017

Tax That Other Fellow – U.S. Source Gross Transportation Income

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Prohibits DOJ from Requiring Payments to Third-parties

Piracy of the 21st Century – The Business E-Mail Compromise Scam

Fifth Circuit Affirms District Court Decision Holding That Principal Is Not Vicariously Liable for the Alleged Negligence of Its Independent Contractors

Eleventh Circuit Affirms District Court Decision Holding That Vessel Owner and Charterer Breached No Duty Under the LHWCA

Washington Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Available for General Unseaworthiness Claim