Tulane alumni, students dominate ABA admiralty news
The newest issue of the American Bar Association’s Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee News prominently features Tulane Law students and alumni from front to back. Article available here
Guam Federal Court Shows Deference to International Arbitration Agreement in P&I Club Rules
Jason P. Minkin and Jonathan A. Cipriani (BatesCarey LLP) In Atlantic Marine Construction Co. v. United States District Court for Western District of Texas,[1] a unanimous Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a valid forum selection clause should be “given controlling weight in all but the most exceptional cases.”[2] Thus, the Court announced […]
Electronic Bills of Lading: A Never-Ending Story?
Over the last few decades, computer software and web-based operations have sparked the rise of paperless transactions, shaping how people communicate, organize information, and do business. However, the shipping industry has failed to catch on. For years now, legal maritime commentators have urged the shipping industry to embrace electronic technology expeditiously. 2 Regardless, paper documents […]
Sailing to Calmer Seas: The United Kingdom Insurance Act 2015 and Its Potential Effect on United States Marine Insurance Markets and Law
Prior to the mid-twentieth century, the seas were virtually calm in the field of marine insurance, with uniformity of law existing in both Britain and the United States. Marine insurance laws between these countries developed from English jurisprudence originating between the seventeenth and nineteenth century. However, a distinct divergence emerged after the United States Supreme […]
Justice Department Sends Clear Message to Marpol Violators: Carnival’s Princess Cruise Lines to Pay $40 million in Pollution Penalties
*By James L. Pound. James is a member of the Tulane University Law School Class of 2017 and Graduate of the University of Georgia Class of 2014. James is a Notes and Comments Editor for the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. He has a […]
Trump’s Infrastructural Promises and the U.S. Maritime Transportation Industry
*By Gordon Lamphere. Gordon is a Notes & Comments Editor for the Tulane Maritime Law Journal. Gordon is a member of the Tulane University Law School Class of 2017 and Graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He is a former professional sailor with a passion for maritime law, business, and policy. Possibly no executive transition […]
International Recent Developments: Australia
This Article focuses on the significant decisions that have emanated from Australian courts between November 2014 and November 2015, aside from one decision that is hot off the press at the time of writing. It aims to provide readers with an insight into Australian admiralty and maritime law and its development over this period. PURCHASE […]
Tulane Maritime Journal’s Fall 2016 Comment Presentation
Recent Developments in Admiralty and Maritime Law at the National Level and in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
This is the fifteenth Article in a series of annual reports on U.S. admiralty and maritime law and practice. In these articles we try to call attention to the principal national-level developments that bear on the work of admiralty judges, lawyers, and scholars, and we look more closely at the relevant work of the United […]