Maritime law pre-dates the United States Constitution, and has international roots and concerns. Not surprisingly, many of its procedures and basic legal principles are dissimilar to those found in land-based litigation. The application of maritime law (also known as the…
Who doesn't like to walk by a harbor and listen to the cacophony of sounds coming from the vessels passing by? Like the lights on a vessel, the various sounds coming from a vessel's bell, whistle, and gong give information…
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 DRI The Voice Ron Clark and Matt Hedberg secured a unanimous defense verdict in an Idaho federal court case in which the insureds attempted to prove that a vacancy clause in a commercial property policy issued…
Wednesday, February 05, 2014 Portland Business Journal Firm President Loren Podwill was one of a handful of Portland's top law firm executives to be featured in Portland Business Journal's 2014 "Top Law Firms" issue. Visit the link below to read more…
Insurance policies often insure persons or entities other than the named insured, often because the named insured is obligated to obtain insurance to protect those other persons. In California, when a policy provision is ambiguous because it is susceptible to…
This is the last post in a two part series from the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel's (FDCC) Blog on social media and what defense lawyers need to be aware of. In Part 1, we discussed the mob rule aspects of social…
Sometimes when researching a topic for my column, I come across a case that makes me question the thought processes of the person who brought it and his lawyer. To start the new year, following are a few recently discovered…
This is the first post in a two-part series from the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel's (FDCC) Blog on social media and what defense lawyers need to be aware of. Over the past several years, the use of social media has…
Time is a physician that heals every grief. ~ Diphilus When an employee suffers the death of a family member, the employee is often faced not only with the shock of grief, but also a time-consuming, difficult struggle to make…
A growing trend is the imposition of statutory and regulatory limitation on arbitration clauses. To some degree this is a reaction by some jurisdictions to the strongly pro-arbitration position taken by the United States Supreme Court in recent years. Nevada…