Liskow maritime attorney Ray Waid was recently interviewed by Fortune regarding the Trump administration’s efforts to explore the use of centuries-old prize law in connection with the potential seizure and sale of Iranian oil tankers and their cargo.
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In October 2025, a district court in Cameron Parish granted a challenge brought by environmental justice groups who sought to vacate a coastal use permit (CUP) issued by the Office of Coastal Management (OCM) for the construction of an LNG
Speaker Pro Tempore Mike Johnson filed three CCS bills on January 12, which was the first day to prefile legislation for the Louisiana legislature’s 2026 Regular Session. Here’s a brief description of each:
By notice published in the Federal Register on November 24, 2025, the United States Postal Service (the “USPS”) added a Section 608.11 (“Section 608.11”) to its Domestic Mail Manual (the “DMM”) effective as of December 25, 2025, to clarify (or
The United States Supreme Court is currently presented with what many believe is the best opportunity for the Court to provide sorely needed guidance in the vastly growing climate change docket—where energy companies are facing liability for injuries allegedly sustained
A newly filed class action in the Western District of Washington advances a novel theory of greenwashing liability by suggesting that rising homeowners-insurance premiums are tied to alleged decades of climate deception by major fossil-fuel companies. See Kennedy & Hazard
On November 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) published its Notice of Availability of the 1st Analysis and Proposal of the Draft Proposed Program (DPP) for the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program
In another recent decision, Genesis Energy, L.P. v. Danos, L.L.C., 152 F.4th 648 (5th Cir. 2025), the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found yet again that a contract to repair an offshore oil & gas platform was
Part 1: Finders Keepers? The Law of Salvage vs. The Law of Finds
Ever-evolving technology is allowing more and more shipwrecks to be discovered and salvaged. But what law governs the search for and recovery of artifacts and shipwrecks? How
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s partial grant of summary judgment holding a Master Services Contract (“MSC”) was governed by Louisiana, rather than maritime, law. 1Because Louisiana law applied, the Louisiana
