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Top 5 Blog Posts from 2019

Coolfire Core

Before we turn the page on the year, lets take a look back at our top 5 blog posts from 2019. In the e-commerce era, consumers will simply move on to a competitor (often ordering the same product with same-day shipping from Amazon) leaving the retailer with a lost sale opportunity. Read Full Text 5.

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Federal District Court Finds M/V Maersk Idaho Not Liable for Drowning Death of Texas Police Chief in “Excessive Wake” Case

The Energy Law

The Reeds safely navigated the Maersk Idaho ’s starboard wake field, but Mr. Reed fell overboard and ultimately drowned when their boat struck the Maersk Idaho ’s port wake field. 1] Mr. Reed’s widow, Jana, named both Maersk and the Maersk Idaho in her suit, which alleged that the vessel violated 33 C.F.R. While 33 C.F.R.

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Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms Authority of Tax Commission to Correct Pipeline Property Tax Assessments

The Energy Law

In Enerfin Field Services v. By using this blog site you understand and acknowledge that there is no attorney-client relationship formed between you and Liskow & Lewis and/or the individual Liskow & Lewis lawyers posting to this site by virtue of your using this site. Vernon Parish Board of Review , No. 22-740 (La. 22-740 (La.

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MADE IN AMERICA: U.S.-Built Offshore Wind Substation and Support Vessels Start to Set Sail for Federal Waters

The Energy Law

still has no Jones Act compliant Feeder Support Vessels (“FSVs”) or Field Development Vessels (“FDVs”). On May 25, 2023, the Nation’s first U.S.-built The Kansas-engineered substation was designed and built by Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd., the largest U.S. the largest U.S. 1331 et seq. back in 2021. documented under U.S. To date, the U.S.

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BSEE’s Investigations and Review Unit Changes the Playing Field on the OCS

The Energy Law

Hastings, it was “unclear how many people actually work in the IRU, what their backgrounds and expertise are,” whether they “serv[e] in a law enforcement capacity” or are authorized to carry firearms, and “how they are to interact with witnesses or collect evidence.” The head of the IRU reports to the BSEE Director. Richard Hastings (R-Wash.),

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Louisiana Enacts New Laws Requiring Accommodations for Pregnant Employees and Restricting the Use of Criminal History in Hiring Decisions

The Energy Law

393 of the 2021 Regular Session , Louisiana’s nondiscrimination law protecting “pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions” in employment (La. 23:341–42), was amended to include a requirement that employers provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees. The new definitions section codified at La. Modifying work schedules.

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Supreme Court Punts on Important Arbitrability Question

The Energy Law

The Supreme Court’s rare dismissal of a previously granted cert petition means that the justices have declined to reconsider the Fifth Circuit’s decision refusing to send the underlying dispute to arbitration. This is now the second time this case has been before the Supreme Court on issues of arbitrability.

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