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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 Texas in November of 2021. May 1, 2023).

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Louisiana Governor Signs 2020 Tort Reform Legislation

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One of the major outcomes of the 2020 Louisiana Legislative session was the passage of tort reform legislation that supporters argue will lower insurance rates and change the state’s notoriously litigious environment. Further, the new law will preclude discussion of a party’s insurance coverage before a jury.

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11th Circuit Finds Not All Disputed Medical Evidence Must be Construed in a Seaman’s Favor

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Mandara Spa (Hawaii), LLC , 20-13449, 2021 U.S. The court noted that to expand Vaughan ’s limited scope to resolve all ambiguities in medical evidence in favor of every seaman would strip district courts of their ability to make credibility determinations when confronted with conflicting evidence. LEXIS 29285 (11 th Cir.

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Supreme Court Punts on Important Arbitrability Question

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2021) (“Henry Schein II”). Henry Schein, Inc. Archer & White Sales, Inc.,

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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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20-30300, 2021 WL 96168, a three-judge panel of the U.S. On January 11, 2021, the Fifth Circuit panel affirmed. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. 2021 WL 96168 at *2. 2021 WL 96168 at *3. 2021 WL 96168 at *4. In In re Deepwater Horizon , No. See Barker v. Hercules Offshore, Inc., 3d 208, 224 (5th Cir.

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Additional Guidance for Coronavirus-Related Distributions and Loans Under the CARES Act

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resume January 1, 2021), and the term of the loan may be extended by up to 1 year from the date the loan was originally due to be repaid. Because the participant is a qualified individual, no further repayments are made on the participant’s loan until January 1, 2021 (when the balance is $19,477).

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Congress Passes the Corporate Transparency Act to Require Beneficial Ownership Disclosure

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The Corporate Transparency Act, adopted as part of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (the “Act”), will require certain business entities (defined as “reporting companies”) to disclose to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) the identities of their beneficial owners and applicants.

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