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3 Jul 2008, 8:35 pm
While the Court sharply limited the maritime punitive damages award in Exxon v. [read post]
3 Jul 2008, 6:27 pm
COAG has agreed that the national system will initially apply to the following trades: air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics occupations; building occupations; electrical occupations; land transport occupations (passenger vehicle drivers, dangerous goods); maritime occupations; plumbing occupations; and property agent occupations. [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 9:20 pm
Baker, a case involving the legality under federal maritime law of the $2.5 billion punitive damages award resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 7:34 pm
They all come from either the defense side or government.In the Exxon case, they limited their holding to maritime cases rather than make it an across the board decision. [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 5:23 pm
He's focusing on OTEC and how it can relate to deep-water carbon sequestration, which was one of the first applications of OTEC that I became aware of a few years back in law school in discussions with Craig Allen, a maritime and marine law expert at the University of Washington.Interesting from a conceptual standpoint, and it is something I believe has serious merit, using a carbon-free energy source to sequester CO2 in the deep ocean (where residence times are on the order… [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 4:36 pm
L'apport du nouveau texte est celui de renforcer les compétences de l'Autorité Maritime du Panama [AMP] afin de prévenir et de sanctionner les propriétaires qui ne respecterait pas les normes en matière de sécurité maritime, de prévention de la pollution, d'actes… [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 2:45 pm
Miami-based Charles Lipcon, a maritime lawyer for 30 years, cites an additional reason. [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 10:32 am
District Court, Middle District of Florida, North Florida Shipyards today brought an in rem action asserting a maritime lien of $1,225,897.76 against the M/V Paladin Shadow II, being the unpaid balance of $4,764,979 of billed ship repair services. [read post]
2 Jul 2008, 4:23 am
And, gosh, why adopt this as a rule of federal common law just applicable to maritime cases? [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 2:56 pm
District Court in Seattle earlier last week, Fishing Company of Alaska (FCA) lawyers asked a federal judge to invoke an archaic piece of maritime law â€â [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 11:53 am
We also do not discuss the High Court’s conclusion that the availability of maritime punitive damages at common law is not preempted by the federal Clean Water Act. [read post]
29 Jun 2008, 10:04 pm
Baker that punitive damages under maritime common law cannot exceed the amount of compensatory damages when such awards are “substantial. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 1:15 pm
Had he participated and had he (as many believe likely) provided a fifth vote for the view that maritime law bars punitive awards in cases of this sort, the Court’s opinion would have been limited to a discussion of an issue that is of interest only to the maritime industry. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 7:02 pm
The punitive damages award against Exxon was excessive as a matter of maritime common law. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 6:20 pm
In its decision, the Court reduced it further to $500 million, based on the theory that a one-to-one ratio in this case between punitive and compensatory damages was appropriate under federal maritime law. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 3:49 pm
United States Supreme Court Sets 1:1 Ratio for Punitive Damage Awards under Federal Maritime Law and Reduces $2.5 Billion Award in Exxon Valdez Class Action to $500 Million, Ending 20-year Class Action Fight The United States Supreme Court issued a stunning ruling yesterday, holding that a punitive damage to compensatory damage ratio of 1:1 is a "fair upper limit" in federal maritime cases. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 12:28 pm
Today's Supreme Court decision in the Exxon case relies heavily upon the empirical literature to punitive damages to evaluate the availability and scope of punitive damage awards under maritime law. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 12:07 pm
The court adopted a 1:1 ratio as a fair upper limit in these maritime cases. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 11:26 am
The central issue of the case was whether an award of punitive damages of US$ 2.5 billion (as reduced by the lower courts from an initial award of US$ 5 billion) was excessive as a matter of maritime common law. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 9:15 am
"Clean Water Act's water pollution penalties do not preempt punitive-damage awards in maritime spill cases, but the punitive damages here were excessive as a matter of maritime common law; under the circumstances, they should be limited to an amount equal to compensatory damages. [read post]
