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Fifth Circuit Holds That Foreign Forum Selection Clauses Are Enforceable In Insurance Policy

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The following day, Noble House advised Underwriters at Lloyd’s, its insurer, of the casualty, whose policy allegedly covered the claim. Noble House purchased the policy from Underwriters by way of a Texas-based insurance broker in February 2018. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in October of 2020.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

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3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Both plaintiffs were seaman under the nature test, and the panel could not distinguish Sanchez’s case.

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Riding to the Danger Zone: U.S. Fifth Circuit Panel Considers the Zone-of-Danger Test for Maritime Emotional Distress

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The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). The district court dismissed their case under Rule 12(b)(6). 2] Here, this was not the case. 13, 2020), the plaintiff was not in the danger zone when he witnesses a ship allision. 20, 2010 , 452 F. 3d 455, 463 (E.D.

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Top 10 Labor and Employment Issues in Bankruptcy Continued

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Employee wages, salaries and commissions owed by an employer, $13,650 in 2020, that were earned within 180 days of a company filing for bankruptcy are given a higher priority in a bankruptcy proceeding ( fourth priority level ). If it reorganizes and retains health care coverage, then obligations under COBRA remain.

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Top 10 Labor and Employment Issues in Bankruptcy Continued

The Energy Law

Employee wages, salaries and commissions owed by an employer, $13,650 in 2020, that were earned within 180 days of a company filing for bankruptcy are given a higher priority in a bankruptcy proceeding ( fourth priority level ). If it reorganizes and retains health care coverage, then obligations under COBRA remain.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.

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Department of Interior Proposes New Financial Assurance and Decommissioning Regulations

The Energy Law

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) recently issued a proposed rule on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention (“Proposed Rule”), which was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2020 and is now open for public comment.