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Maritime Risks: Chokepoints, Sanctions & the Dark Fleet
Maritime Risks: Chokepoints, Sanctions & the Dark Fleet
Admiralty Dark Thirty: How Chokepoints, Warzones, Fraudulent Registries, and Sanctions Impact Global Maritime Trade For regular maritime industry insiders and insurers observing the fallout of the recent developments in the Middle East, these events serve as a powerful reminder that…
How Montgomery v. Caribe Impacts Texas Freight Brokers
How Montgomery v. Caribe Impacts Texas Freight Brokers
From Highway Crash to the High Court Trucking defense lawyers are carefully monitoring one case that was recently argued before the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court took up the issue of whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act…
Modernization of Interstate Discovery in Texas Under the UIDDA
Modernization of Interstate Discovery in Texas Under the UIDDA
Texas Officially Adopts the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act On August 29, 2025, the Supreme Court of Texas published an order officially incorporating the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act (UIDDA) into Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 201. The…
Reframing the Question to Achieve the Intended Result in DBA Cases
Reframing the Question to Achieve the Intended Result in DBA Cases
Two recent decisions issued by the Office of Administrative Law Judges in December 2025 highlight the continued filings of subsequent claims and the effects (if any) of the settlement of prior claims. Both decisions focus on whether the settlement language…
Vessel Purpose in Offshore Platform Contracts
Vessel Purpose in Offshore Platform Contracts
Expectation vs. Reality: The importance of clearly outlining a vessel’s purpose in offshore platform contracts after Earnest, Offshore Oil Servs., and Genesis Energy A trio of Fifth Circuit opinions further analyzed the two-prong test created in In re Larry Doiron,…
2026 Louisiana Employment Law Update: Unemployment and Hiring Changes
2026 Louisiana Employment Law Update: Unemployment and Hiring Changes
Q1 Compliance Considerations for Employers As 2026 begins, Louisiana employers and those tracking employment law should be aware of two new employment-related statutes affecting unemployment insurance administration and hiring practices. While neither law creates new employee-facing mandates, both introduce operational…
Third‑Party Litigation Funding: A Guide for In‑House Counsel
Third‑Party Litigation Funding: A Guide for In‑House Counsel
Corporate legal departments continue to monitor the growth and impact of third-party litigation funding (TPLF). As funding models evolve and disclosure norms remain unsettled, in-house counsel face mounting questions about risk, effective strategies, legal system drivers, trends, and governance. We…
Keep RTW Working in 2026: Strategies to Beat Open Market Wages
Keep RTW Working in 2026: Strategies to Beat Open Market Wages
Workers’ Compensation Strategies Trending in 2026 Across Mississippi and throughout the Gulf Coast and Midwest, returning injured employees to work is an increasing trend for workers’ compensation matters in 2026. Employers and risk managers are reinforcing light duty and modified…
When Energy and Construction Public Policy Collide in Texas
When Energy and Construction Public Policy Collide in Texas
The Texas Prompt Payment Act in Oil and Gas Construction In December 2024, the Texas First Court of Appeals in Houston addressed a novel question: the mineral exemption under the Texas Construction Prompt Payment Act (Chapter 28 of the Texas…
Refining Removal? A Question for the U.S. Supreme Court
Refining Removal? A Question for the U.S. Supreme Court
New Orleans Maritime Attorney Published in “Following the Fifth” Kathleen Charvet, an admiralty and maritime attorney in Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith’s New Orleans office, has published an article in the inaugural edition of Following the Fifth, a new publication from the Bar Association…
Medical Marijuana at Work: Mississippi Workers’ Comp Impact
Medical Marijuana at Work: Mississippi Workers’ Comp Impact
One issue that is top of mind for Mississippi employers is how medical marijuana intersects with compensation claims, safety, and defense strategies. Here is what workers’ compensation attorneys and Mississippi employers are monitoring now and what to watch next. Medical…
Galloway Secures Summary Judgment in Louisiana Products Liability Case
Galloway Secures Summary Judgment in Louisiana Products Liability Case
Campbell “Bowman” Fetzer, a Director in the Mandeville office of Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, obtained summary judgment for Galloway’s client in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The federal Court granted the summary judgment…
Favorable Resolution for Galloway Client in Louisiana Roofing Coverage Dispute
Favorable Resolution for Galloway Client in Louisiana Roofing Coverage Dispute
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith secured a favorable resolution through a Motion for Summary Judgment in a coverage dispute. Director James Prather and Special Counsel Frances McGinnis in Galloway’s Mandeville office delivered pragmatic representation to achieve the outcome that…
Maritime Risks: Chokepoints, Sanctions & the Dark Fleet
Maritime Risks: Chokepoints, Sanctions & the Dark Fleet
Admiralty Dark Thirty: How Chokepoints, Warzones, Fraudulent Registries, and Sanctions Impact Global Maritime Trade For regular maritime industry insiders and insurers observing the fallout of the recent developments in the Middle East, these events serve as a powerful reminder that…
Defending Platform Innovation in Gig Economy Litigation
Defending Platform Innovation in Gig Economy Litigation
Defending Innovation for Platform-Based Companies Platform-based businesses and gig economy companies have vastly transformed how goods and services are received today. A quick perusal of any phone’s home screen will likely confirm this. On a larger scale beyond the screen,…
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