I was recently asked, once again, to be a judge of briefs submitted in the annual maritime law moot court competition at the University of Texas Law School. The problem this year covers two issues on ...

In the ceremonial courtroom of the federal courthouse in Chicago, a six-foot oar, dipped in silver, is mounted on the wall. Like dozens of other similar seafaring ornaments in federal courthouses ...

Where judges sat to determine maritime matters, there too attorneys with skill in admiralty law might flourish. As commerce and the disputes it generated increased, it is not surprising to find that ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David is comprehensively experienced in many facets of financial and legal research and ...

Merchant Seaman Thomas D. Dailey was whooping it up in a New Orleans saloon when he fell off a barstool and broke his leg. Whom did he sue? The saloon? The distiller whose spirits decked him? Not ...

I have been reading Bill Clinton’s autobiography “My Life.” I enjoyed reading about his ideals and accomplishments and learned about one particular area of his life. While at Yale Law School he took a ...

Boriana Farrar is a familiar face in maritime circles, the Vice President and Counsel and a Senior Claims Executive and Business Development Director for the Americas at the Ship Owners Claims Bureau, ...