Presented by the ABA TIPS Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee. Graciously hosted by Liskow & Lewis.

Featuring:

Bryan J. Kitz — Introductory Remarks

Taylor Coley — Brokers and Buyers Beware: Underwriters are Nickel and Dimed by Strict Interpretation of Language in Excess and Umbrella Policies of Offshore Energy Companies

Matthew Drenan — The Ninth Circuit Writes an Obituary for Section 903(c) of the LHWCA in Kealoha v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs

Claire Galley — Change is in the Air (and at Sea): The Fifth Circuit Redraws the Lines of
Federal Authority Over Investigation of Maritime Disasters in United States v. Transocean
Deepwater Drilling, Inc.

Michael Gaines — Adrift at Sea in Search of the Proper Scope of The Penhallow Rule:
D’Amico Dry Ltd. v. Primera (Hellas) Maritime Ltd.

Alana Riksheim — The Rise of the Exoneration Clause: The Second Circuit Holds a
Downstream Covenant Not To Sue Enforceable in Sompo Japan Insurance Co. of America
v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

Clayton Vignocchi — ITLOST? The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Sounds the Charge to Expand Coastal State Jurisdiction!