News

• President Obama Signs Enhanced Iran Sanctions Legislation
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Allows Fisherman's Claim for Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
• Fifth Circuit holds that owners of vessel sailing to New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina acted negligently
• The Supreme Court of Florida Rules That General Maritime Law and Florida State Law Permits Commercial Fishermen To Recover Damages for Economic Losses Caused By Negligent Release of Pollution
• London High Court Rules That Seizure by Pirates Does Not Place Vessel Off-Hire
• United States Coast Guard Academy Publishes Legal Desk Reference Outline and Instructions
• George M. Chalos Presents at Cyprus Shipping Chamber's June Members' Meeting
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules on Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence in U.S. v. Bonds
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals to Consider Issue of Whether Jaldhi Applies to Funds in Suspense Accounts
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules on "Relation Back" of Amended Pleadings Under Rule 15(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• US Prosecution of Suspected Marpol Violations - Whistleblowers: Are They Really Reliable?
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Rules that "Reasonable Suspicion" Is Not Required to Search Cabins of Crew Members During a Border Search of a Foreign Cargo Vessel
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Declines to Pierce The Corporate Veil When Fraud Not Adequately Plead By Plaintiff
• George M. Chalos Elected to the Board of Directors of the Propeller Club Port of New York/New Jersey Chapter
• George M. Chalos featured in April 2010 Issue of The Society of Maritime Arbitrators' THE ARBITRATOR Newsletter
• U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control Issues Interim Somalia Sanctions Regulations
• NOT GUILTY!! Chief Engineer Acquitted in Texas 'Magic Pipe' Pollution Trial
• President Barack Obama Issues Executive Order Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules that Shipper of Defective Product Labeled As Its Own Can Be Held Liable as Apparent Manufacturer
• NY Court of Appeals Grants Summary Judgment on Scaffold Law Claim to Worker Unaware Safety Devices were Available
• 2d Circuit upholds Agreement to Arbitrate Seaman's Maintenance and Cure Claim
• Court Interprets Provision in Pollution Insurance Policy To Contain No Limits on Defense and Investigation Indemnification
• Eleventh Circuit Finds a Vessel in Drydock for Extensive Repairs is Still a Vessel for Purposes of Maritime Lien
• Judge Pauley Rules That Jaldhi and Hawknet Do Not Support Vacating Rule E(5) Bonds
• Second Circuit Rules that District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Revoke Supervised Release After Release Term Had Ended
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Stay and Agrees To Hear Post-Jaldhi Rule B Case
• Judge Hellerstein Issues Rulings on Pending Motions to Vacate
• New York Court of Appeals issues significant decision on situs of intangible property for CPLR Attachment
• Fifth Circuit reverses and remands district court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration of a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement
• United States Supreme Court Denies Petition for Certiorari in The Shipping Corporation of India, Ltd. v. Jaldhi Overseas Pte Ltd
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals Finds That Employer Did Not Discriminate In Firing Sludge Boat Captain Who Lost His United States Coast Guard License
• George M. Chalos to Speak at Shiparrested.com Seventh Members' Meeting in Antwerp
• Piracy in the Gulf of Aden - George A. Gaitas featured in The SeaNation
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals Considers Issues of Insurance Policy Coverage in Hurricane Katrina Related Litigation
• The U.S.'s Latest Proposed Iranian Sanction Legislation: What Does It Really Mean?
• Jaldhi Update - Clearing House Association L.L.C. Files Opposition to Jaldhi Petition for Certiorari
• First Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates and Remands Buzzards Bay Oil Spill Case for Further Analysis
• Life After Rule B - George M. Chalos Featured in February 2010 Issue of Maritime Risk International
• Proposed Legislation Seeks To Amend and Expand Iran Sanctions Act of 1996
• George M. Chalos to Present at CMA Shipping 2010
• SMA Arbitration Panel Rejects Claim of Force Majeure
• Chalos & Co. on CNBC
• New York State Appellate Division upholds NY State standards for discharge of ballast water in State waters
• SMA Arbitration Panel holds that structural failure at load port does not constitute force majeure
• IRS Establishes Task Force to Establish Tax Filing Compliance of Foreign Vessels
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That the Prevailing Party in a Dispute Arising From a Dredging Contract Is Not Entitled To an Award of Attorneys' Fees
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Vacatur of Maritime Attachment for Failure to State a Prima Facie Breach of Contract or Unjust Enrichment Claim
• Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Case for Forum Non Conveniens, Finding Mexico to be an Adequate and Available Alternative Forum
• Petition For Certiorari Filed With U.S. Supreme Court In The Shipping Corporation Of India V. Jaldhi
• Judge Marrero Grants Interlocutory Appeal In Rule B Bond Agreement Case
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Breaching Party has Greater Obligation to Mitigate Damages
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Revised Hawknet Decision and Confirms Retroactivity of Jaldhi
• Second Circuit Court Of Appeals Confirms That Breach Of A Shipbuilding Contract Does Not Give Rise To A Maritime Claim
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That The Phrase "To Be" In a Forum Selection Clause Is  Mandatory Language
• Second Circuit Rules that Demurrage and Deadfreight Claims Are Not Severable Maritime Obligations In A Mixed Contract And Existence of a Demurrage Clause Does Not Create Maritime Jurisdiction
• Rule B Update – Second Circuit Court of Appeals Confirms Jaldhi's Retroactive Application
• Kassian Navigation's Probation Terminated Early for Extraordinary Environmental Compliance Measures
• Chalos & Co Presents Key Note Speech at Marine Money Asia Conference (September 28-29, 2009)
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Shipping Industry and Finds Valdez, Alaska's Municipal Tax Ordinance Unconstitutional
• Ninth Circuit Refuses to Apply the Pennsylvania Rule to Jones Act Claim
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals Overules Winter Storm Shipping Ltd. v. TPI and Holds That Electronic Fund Transfers (EFTs) Processed By Intermediary Banks Are Not Property Subject to Rule B Attachment
• LMAA Arbitration Clause in S&P Contract Instructive in Finding Maritime Jurisdiction
• Pilot of the M/V COSCO BUSAN to serve 10 months in Jail
• Shiparrested.com Conference at Limassol, Cyprus (June 11 -13, 2009)
• Chalos & Co Launches Houston Office - April 1, 2009
• Chalos & Co Sponsors Legal Seminar at CMA 2009
• Lloyds Shipping Awards (Athens, Greece)
• George M. Chalos Speaks on US Marpol Liabilities and Fair Treatment of Seafarers in India - November 17-19, 2008
• ITIC Forum 2008
• E&E Environmental Conference - August 25-27, 2008
• Posidonia 2008
• Practice of Maritime Business - Sharing Experience at Odessa, Ukraine - May 29-30, 2008
• George M. Chalos presents a paper at the Nautical Institute's "Pollution from Ships" Seminar in Southampton, UK on November 9-10, 2007
• Standard Club International Pollution Seminar (Genoa & Athens)
• George M. Chalos Presents Speech at Gulf Maritime 2007, Expo Centre, Sharhjah, United Arab Emirates - April 16 - 18, 2007
• George M. Chalos delivers presentation in Novorossiysk, Russia on Rule B Maritime Attachments at the Novo 2007 conference
• US Coast Guard, National Pollution Funds Center grants ATHOS I entitlement to limitation of liability and pays USD 77,181,859.54 for OPA 2704 damages
• Italian Ship Owner Awarded USD 1,929,822.44
• George M. Chalos delivers speech and presentation in Athens, Greece at the Mare Forum 2006