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Maritime Alert: Effective Dates of California’s Modified Biofouling Regulations Announced

by commune | Aug 17, 2017 | Environmental Alerts, Maritime Alerts, Other News

Introduction With respect to the prevention of non-indigenous marine invasive species (“NIS”) introductions, the regulation of ballast water management has garnered the lion’s share of attention.  However, there is another front to the regulators’ war against NIS...

Maritime Alert: A Bit More Breathing Room

by commune | Sep 29, 2016 | Environmental Alerts, Maritime Alerts, Other News

California Air Resources Board further extends deadline for vessel and terminal operators affected by “At-Berth” Regulation to submit updated compliance plans to December 1, 2016 In December 2007, the California Air Resources Board (“ARB”) approved the “Airborne Toxic...

Maritime Alert: New 5th Circuit Decision Discussing Criminal Liability for Engineers

by commune | Mar 24, 2016 | Environmental Alerts, Maritime Alerts, Other News

United States Fifth Circuit Decision Addresses Liability of Chief Engineers for Failing to Maintain an Accurate Oil Record Book In United States of America v. Fafalios,  the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently vacated the conviction of a...

Vessel Interests Obtain Limitation of Liability Under Oil Pollution Act of 1990 for Claims Relating to the M/V SELENDANG AYU Oil Spill

by commune | Feb 6, 2012 | Environmental Alerts, Maritime Alerts, Other News

The National Pollution Funds Center has granted the petition of the owners and operators of the SELENDANG AYU to limit their liability for claims and damages under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.  The SELENDANG AYU was a Panamax bulk carrier on voyage from the U.S....

Maritime and Environmental Alert: Court Issues Significant Ruling in DEEPWATER HORIZON Litigation

by commune | Sep 30, 2011 | Environmental Alerts, Maritime Alerts, Other News

On 26 August 2011 the federal court presiding over the DEEPWATER HORIZON multi-district litigation (“MDL”)(1) issued a 39 page Order ruling on motions to dismiss some of the claims asserted by private parties for economic losses, property damages, punitive damages and...

Environmental Alert: Court Finds that California’s Smoke Abatement Laws are Inapplicable to Ships

by commune | Jul 10, 2011 | Environmental Alerts, Maritime Alerts, Other News

In a lengthy opinion issued June 10, 2011, a Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that California’s laws regulating smoke emissions from ships’ diesel engines are inapplicable because they are preempted by the Federal Clean Air Act.  The ruling could have a significant...
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California’s New Non-Compete Law Has Cross-Border Implications Affecting Employers Nationwide

On September 1, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 699 (“SB 699”) into law. Effective January 1, 2024, SB 699 prohibits employers from including or seeking to enforce post-employment covenants not to compete in any employment contracts, regardless of where and...

California Supreme Court Rules that PAGA Plaintiffs Compelled to Arbitration Retain Standing to Litigate Representative PAGA Actions in Court

On July 17, 2023, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Adolph v. Uber Technologies Inc., which clarified the impact of arbitration agreements on a plaintiff's standing to litigate representative claims under the California Private Attorney...

The Colorado Privacy Act and Connecticut Data Privacy Act Take Effect on July 1, 2023

The Colorado Privacy Act and Connecticut Data Privacy Act Take Effect on July 1, 2023 In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law, states are leading the way in enacting consumer data privacy laws aimed to provide consumers with greater transparency and...

Broadened Interpretation of Whistleblowing Statute in California

Overview On May 22, 2023, the California Supreme Court unanimously found that an employee’s report of workplace wrongdoings is a protected “disclosure” within the meaning of Labor Code section 1102.5(b) even if the employer already knew about the violation before the...

Keesal, Young & Logan Secures Dismissal of Three Northstar Investor Cases Under FINRA’s Eligibility Rule

Representing two separate securities broker-dealers, Neal Robb and Bryce Cullinane of Keesal, Young & Logan have been defending claims brought by public investors stemming from their investments in products issued by Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd...

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