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ISSUE – GLOSSARY
Have you ever noticed that the conversations among lawyers who specialize in the Longshore Act frequently seem to consist of cryptic, single word references? The code word is usually a reference to a...
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Issue: Maximum Weekly Rate
Back on March 14, 2011, I mentioned that an Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act case (OCSLA) (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) was at the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether and where there is a situs of...
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Supreme Court
Oral argument will be held today at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc. et al., which I briefly mentioned here last week. Following is a fuller discussion of the...
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ISSUE: Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the U.S. Supreme Court
On January 11, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc. et al. I’ve discussed the Roberts case here on the AEU Longshore blog on December 21,...
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ISSUE: U.S. Supreme Court
Maritime employers have received some good news, courtesy of the U.S. Supreme Court. On March 20, 2012, the court issued its decision in the case of Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc., et al., a...
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ISSUE: 2013
This time last year I observed that, “2012 was an interesting year for those who follow jurisprudence under the Longshore Act. Several cases were decided at the U.S. Supreme Court, several old...
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