10/6/2025 10:17:13 PM Broker Liability and Federal Preemption: U.S. Supreme Court to Consider the Road Ahead By Kathryn Gonski Chace Vienne Freight brokers play a critical role in the modern supply chain. Rather than owning trucks or employing drivers, they match shippers with...
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...
7/23/2024 1:57:17 PM Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Jones Act Claims Based on Forum Non Conveniens By Tommy McGoey Liskow On July 17, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a Jones Act...
4/8/2024 1:08:03 PM Liskow Secures Success on Summary Judgment Motion, Dismissing the Entirety of Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Claims, with Prejudice By Cherrell Taplin Liskow lawyers Cherrell Taplin and Melanie Derefinko recently secured a ruling in their favor dismissing the entirety of Plaintiffs’...
4/8/2024 12:54:02 PM Liskow Secures Success on Summary Judgment Motion, Dismissing the Entirety of Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury Claims, with Prejudice By Melanie Fontenelle Cherrell Taplin Liskow lawyers Cherrell Taplin and Melanie Derefinko recently secured a ruling in their favor dismissing the entirety of Plaintiffs’...
3/20/2024 9:27:46 PM Factual & Legal Leaps Fall Flat: The Fifth Circuit Affirms that Plaintiff Was Not a Jones Act Seaman By Elizabeth Strunk On March 12, 2024, in Santee v. Oceaneering International, Inc. et al., the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a published...
3/18/2024 9:32:03 PM An Introduction to Maritime Law Presumptions By Jessie Shifalo Elizabeth Strunk Maritime law has many unique characteristics that differentiate it from state and federal law. One of these characteristics is the...
3/18/2024 12:53:00 PM All Bark and No Bite: Middle District Finds Conclusory Intentional Tort Allegations Against Employer Insufficient to Prevent Removal on Improper Joinder Grounds By Kathryn Gonski Melanie Fontenelle Lance Bullock On March 11, 2024, Liskow lawyers Kathryn Gonski and Melanie Derefinko secured the denial of a motion to remand on improper joinder...
11/27/2023 4:45:00 PM Corporate Protection Pipeline: Court Denies Economic Damages Based on Robins Dry Dock By Elizabeth Strunk On October 30, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana found that the rule established by the U.S. Supreme...
7/28/2023 3:44:00 PM Maritime Law: Key Legal Issues in Fires at Sea, Cargo Damage, Salvage, and More By Raymond Waid Fires at sea have been one of the greatest risks to ships and cargo for over a thousand years, and they implicate some of maritime law’s...