The World Shipping Council (“WSC”) recently released its Containers Lost at Sea Report 2025 compiling global data on cargo lost at sea from the previous year and promoting loss prevention recommendations for the maritime...more
Despite recent fluctuations in trade policy in the US, companies engaged in international shipping find US courts are increasingly familiar territory. But when a foreign shipping company is sued in the US, how that company is...more
In a unanimous 9-0 decision delivered on February 21, 2024, the US Supreme Court in Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC (“Great Lakes”) reinforced the enforceability of choice-of-law clauses in marine...more
In the wake of COVID-19, litigators all across the United States are noticing an old, yet infrequently utilized, evidentiary tool emerge to address unexpected trial witness unavailability: the de bene esse deposition. A Latin...more
A new year inevitably brings changes to existing laws and “time-limited demands” are no exception. Parties and jurists use different names to refer to such demands, including “time limit demands,” “policy limit demands,” or...more
Insurers and consumers alike are seeing the emergence of cryptocurrency in their daily lives. As increasing numbers of companies worldwide begin using bitcoin and other digital assets for a host of investment, operational,...more