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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

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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

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In Enerfin Field Services v. Privacy Policy : By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. Vernon Parish Board of Review , No. 22-740 (La. Vernon Parish Board of Review , No. 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

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

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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

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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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Liskow Obtains Victory for the Oil and Gas Industry in the Louisiana Third Circuit

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Privacy Policy: By subscribing to Liskow & Lewis’ E-Communications, you will receive articles and blogs with insight and analysis of legal issues that may impact your industry. The Third Circuit reaffirmed that severance taxes should be based on the “gross proceeds” obtained in an arm’s length sale at the lease.

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Fifth Circuit Applies U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett Decision to End Long-Standing WOTUS Dispute

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In the case before the Fifth Circuit, the plaintiff, Garry Lewis, owned substantial property in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, including two approximately twenty-acre tracts of “grass-covered, majority dry fields, with gravel logging and timber roads on two sides of each tract.” In Lewis v. United States , Case No. United States , Case No.

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