11/19/2025 7:15:22 PM Series: Treasure Salvage and the Law of Finds – Exploring Maritime Jurisdiction and Claims Through Sunken Treasure By Elizabeth McIntosh Elizabeth Strunk Part 1: Finders Keepers? The Law of Salvage vs. The Law of Finds Ever-evolving technology is allowing more and more shipwrecks to be...
11/19/2025 6:12:26 PM Fifth Circuit Holds Master Services Contract to Provide Workers for Offshore Oil & Gas Platforms Governed by Louisiana—not Maritime—Law By Alexander Baynham Lance Bullock The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s partial grant of summary judgment holding a...
7/30/2025 9:02:49 PM Wells on the High Seas: Maritime Law and the Energy Industry By Liskow In this episode of “Energy Law This Week,” hosts Matt Jones and April L. Rolen-Ogden are joined by Liskow maritime attorney Thomas Diaz...
7/3/2025 4:12:12 PM Governor Landry Signs Act Revising the “Ships and Ships’ Supplies” Exemption By Bob Angelico Caroline Lafourcade Kevin Naccari Leon Rittenberg III +1 more... Show less Governor Jeff Landry signed Act 384 into law on June 20, 2025, making changes to the sales and use tax provisions of the revised...
7/2/2025 11:30:29 PM Louisiana Taxation of Capital Construction Funds By Leon Rittenberg III The Capital Construction Fund (“CCF”) program is a joint program of the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Maritime...
2/19/2025 10:50:58 PM The FMC’s Latest Ruling on Detention Charges: What it Means for Ocean Carriers By Will Yost Nicolette Kraska On February 13, 2025, the Federal Maritime Commission (“FMC”) issued its latest ruling in a saga concerning whether an ocean carrier’s...
12/20/2024 8:19:00 PM LDR Rule Amendments and Emergency Rule By Bob Angelico Caroline Lafourcade John Rouchell Kevin Naccari Leon Rittenberg III +2 more... Show less As we approach the year-end, taxpayers should consider the following amendments to regulations made by the Louisiana Department of...
12/9/2024 10:35:02 PM Casting a Wider Net: Proposed Expansion of Coastal States’ Authority By Jana Grauberger Cristian Soler The Offshore Parity Act of 2024 (H.R. 10183), introduced on November 20, 2024, by Congressmen Garret Graves (R-LA) and Troy A. Carter,...
12/2/2024 3:50:33 PM Liskow Goes Beneath the Surface of Maritime Law: Get to Know the Authors By Liskow Liskow is proud to share a video from our new series “Beneath the Surface,” which introduces audiences to our nationally recognized...
10/31/2024 6:00:44 PM Majority Rules: Ninth Circuit Joins in Treating Contribution and Indemnity Claims as Separate in Limitation Proceedings By Michael Golemi Raymond Waid Elizabeth McIntosh Elizabeth Strunk +1 more... Show less On September 12, 2024, in In re Live Life Bella Vita LLC, No. 23-55613 (9th Cir. Sept. 12, 2024), the Ninth Circuit joined the majority...
10/15/2024 7:08:19 PM EPA Issues Much-Anticipated Final Rule Establishing National Standards of Performance for Vessel Incidental Discharges By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Nicolette Kraska Colin North +2 more... Show less On October 9, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published the final rule, Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards...
10/15/2024 6:21:49 PM EPA Issues Much-Anticipated Final Rule Establishing National Standards of Performance for Vessel Incidental Discharges By Emily von Qualen Nicolette Kraska Colin North Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu +2 more... Show less On October 9, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published the final rule, Vessel Incidental Discharge National...