Category Archives: Longshore Update

June 2020 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 253) Notes from your Updater: We have seen the Federal Officer Removal Statute in a number of contexts, including removal of asbestos-exposure cases by shipyards (February and March 2020 and July 2019 Updates), removal of … Read full post…

May 2020 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 252) Notes from your Updater: Effective April 6, 2020, the administration of the Longshore Program of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs was consolidated into three compensation districts, Eastern, Southern, and Western with sub-offices in … Read full post…

April 2020 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 251) Notes from your Updater: On March 6, 2020, the Fourth Circuit issued its decision in Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. BP, P.L.C. (No. 19-1644). The suit was brought by the Mayor and … Read full post…

February 2020 Longshore Update (No. 249) Note from your Updater: The long dispute over the constitutionality/preemption of the Massachusetts Oil Spill Prevention Act (the litigation began in 2005, the year after enactment of the statute) took a new turn when … Read full post…