Our Tulane Maritime Law Conference in Panama was a huge success. The Tulane Maritime Law Center in conjunction with the Maritime Law Association of Panama put on a maritime law seminar called “Tulane Comes to Panama II.” Roberto Roy, the Minister for Canal Affairs for the Republic of Panama, gave the keynote address. Later that […]
By: Chelsea Crews (TMLJ Senior Articles Editor) & Allison Skopec (TMLJ Senior Online Editor) October 16, 2017, 21:08 CDT We sat down with Charlie Papavizas to discuss how the Jones Act has (or hasn’t) affected disaster relief efforts in the Caribbean and the political spotlight §27 has recently attracted. TMLJ: Hi Charlie. Thank you for […]
By: Chelsea Crews, Senior Articles Editor (Sept. 21, 2017) The 2017 Houston Marine Insurance Seminar was held this week in Houston, Texas. The Tulane Maritime Law Journal was there in force, with two current senior members volunteering on Monday and alumni present as attendees. The Seminar, organized by Marine Insurance Seminars, Inc.,[1] attracted more than 500 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]