USA - June 25 2018
In a case decided on March 28, 2018, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a maritime lien on a vessel for the "maintenance and cure" of an…
Clayton J Vignocchi
USA - November 17 2014
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey issued an opinion in In re Crumbs Bake Shop, Inc., that provides significant protections for…
Robert J. Labate
USA - July 27 2012
Earlier today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a decision vacating maritime attachments of a vessel on the grounds that the attachments were futile in view of the Vessel Owner's bankruptcy proceedings.