Author Archives: Kenneth Engerrand

February 2024 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 297) Notes from your Updater: On December 14, 2023, the IRS announced an increase in the rate for business mileage, beginning on January 1, 2024, to 67 cents per mile, up 1.5 cents. The rate … Read full post…

January 2024 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 296) Notes from your Updater: On November 22, 2023, the California Court of Appeals, First Appellate District, affirmed the decision of the judge of the Superior Court of Marin County, California, declining to issue a … Read full post…

November 2023 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 294) Notes from your Updater: In our March and April 2023 Updates we discussed the decision of Judge Zilly from the Western District of Washington in Powers v. United States, finding a fact question that … Read full post…

October 2023 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 293) Notes from your Updater: On August 25, 2023, Judge Christensen of the United States District Court for the District of Montana announced his findings of fact and conclusions of law from a bench trial … Read full post…

September 2023 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 292) Notes from your Updater: Judge Fisher of the United States District Court for the Central District of California resolved contractual disputes among NVOCCs Vanguard Logistics, Econocaribe Consolidators, and Groupage Services of New England by … Read full post…