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MURNANE NAMED AS ONE OF TOP 30 MARITIME AND SHIPPING LAWYERS IN THE WORLD AND U.S. GUTOWSKI AND VENEZIA SELECTED TO TOP 30 IN UNITED STATES

The Euromoney Best of the Best Global Expert Guide List for 2019 has ranked Freehill partner Don Murnane as one of the top thirty maritime and shipping lawyers worldwide. In addition, Freehill partners Peter Gutowski, Don Murnane and Gina Venezia were named in the 2019 Best...

SEVEN FREEHILL PARTNERS SELECTED AS MARITIME LAW EXPERTS IN 2019

The Legal Media Group has announced that its The International Trade & Shipping Expert Guide for 2019 named seven Freehill partners as the experts in the field of maritime law. Those selected were: Thomas Canevari, Michael Fernandez, Peter Gutowski, William Juska, Wayne Meehan, Don...

FREEHILL PARTNER BILL JUSKA SERVES AS PANELIST AT 25H ANNUAL JOINT SHIPPING CONFERENCE

On February 5, 2019 Freehill partner Bill Juska participated as a panelist at the Hellenic-American / Norwegian-American Chambers of Commerce 25th Annual Joint Shipping Conference. The topic of discussion was “Political Turmoil – The One Constant: Tariffs, China, Iran.”

CLIENT ALERT: U.S. ISSUES NEW ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN

Introduction Today, June 24, 2019, President Trump signed a new Executive Order (“E.O.”) to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran. The E.O. primarily targets Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei and the Supreme Leader’s Office (SLO) and certain high-level associates and appointees. The sanctions seek to bar those designated...

CLIENT ALERT: PUNITIVE DAMAGES NOT AVAILABLE TO INJURED SEAMAN ASSERTING UNSEAWORTHINESS CLAIM

Introduction On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dutra Group v. Batterton, holding that an injured seaman may not recover punitive damages for injuries caused by the unseaworthy condition of a vessel. The Court’s decision resolved a split between the U.S. Fifth and Ninth Circuits,...

FREEHILL ATTORNEY ERIC LENCK AUTHORS MARITIME LAW BOOK

Cornell Maritime Press has just released a book authored by Freehill partner Eric E. Lenck titled LAW OF RECREATIONAL BOATING. Drawing on extensive research of the reported yachting cases and relevant state and federal statutes, the book focuses on those maritime law issues most likely to impact the typical recreational...

CLIENT ALERT: NEW U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN AFFECT METALS SECTORS

May 9, 2019 Introduction On May 8, 2019, exactly one year after President Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) and would re-impose the U.S. secondary sanctions against Iran, President Trump issued an Executive Order “Imposing Sanctions with Respect to the...

CLIENT ALERT: U.S. INCREASES PRESSURE ON VENEZUELA AND PETROLEOS de VENEZUELA, S.A.

April 9, 2019 Introduction On January 28, 2019 the U.S. designated Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (“PdVSA”) to the U.S. Specially Designated Nationals List (“SDN List”). The immediate effect was that U.S. persons were generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with PdVSA and all of PdVSA’s property and interest in...

CLIENT ALERT: U.S. AGAIN TARGETS PETROLEUM SHIPMENTS INVOLVING IRAN AND SYRIA

Introduction On November 20, 2018 the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) issued an Advisory warning the maritime community against transporting petroleum to the Syrian Government. On March 25, 2019, OFAC has reprised that warning, in a second Advisory entitled “Sanctions Risks Related to Petroleum Shipments Involving Iran and...

CLIENT ALERT: OFAC REMOVES UNITED COMPANY RUSAL FROM SDN LIST

January 28, 2019 United Company Rusal PLC (“Rusal”), EN+ Group PLC (“EN+”) and JSC EuroSibEnergo (“ESE”) were all named to the U.S. Specially Designated Nationals List (“SDN List”) on April 6, 2018 by the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”). Those designations meant that U.S. persons generally could not...