Author Archives: Kenneth Engerrand

September 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 268) Notes from your Updater: On August 5, 2021, the Fifth Circuit agreed to rehearing in the appeal addressing whether there was removal jurisdiction in the suits by Louisiana parishes against several oil and gas … Read full post…

August 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 267) Notes from your Updater: On July 2, 2021, the Fifth Circuit agreed to en banc rehearing of its decision in Douglass v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, No. 20-30382 (5th Cir. Apr. 30, 2021) (per … Read full post…

July 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 266) Notes from your Updater: The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the denial of a challenge to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s decision to issue an offshore lease for … Read full post…

June 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 265) Notes from your Updater: The Benefits Review Board recently posted additional decisions at the website below. Published decisions have been posted through 2020. Unpublished decisions have been posted through April 2021. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/brb/decisions On the … Read full post…

En banc Fifth Circuit corrected its interpretation of the test for seaman status; Sanchez v. Smart Fabricators of Texas, L.L.C., No. 19-20506 (5th Cir. ­­­May 11, 2021) (en banc) (Davis). Opinion For more than 200 years, American courts have struggled … Read full post…