January 2011 Longshore Update
January 2011 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!Notes From Your Updater - A Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in...
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February 2011Notes From Your Updater - Great News About a Valuable Longshore Act Resource - John Chamberlain has returned to his home in Connecticut after retiring from the Department of Labor. He...
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March 2011Notes From Your Updater - Mike Niss, Longshore Division Director at the U.S. Department of Labor, will retire on February 28, 2011. Mike has served as the Director of the Longshore &...
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April 2011Notes From Your Updater - Don’t Miss It!- Longshore Practice in the 21st Century: Striving and Thriving in Challenging Economic Times Through Prevention, Protection and Preservation. Signal...
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May 2011 Longshore Update
May 2011Notes From Your Updater - Don’t Miss It!- Longshore Practice in the 21st Century: Striving and Thriving in Challenging Economic Times through Prevention, Protection and Preservation. Signal...
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June 2011 Longshore Update
June 2011Notes From Your Updater - On May 16, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Hixson v. Director, OWCP, Docket No....
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July 2011Notes From Your Updater - The Petition for a Writ of Certiorari filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Vickers v. Weeks Marine, Inc. et al., Docket No. 10-1312 [see May 2010...
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August 2011 Longshore Update
August 2011Notes From Your Updater - Former U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent, a disgraced former jurist sentenced to prison for obstruction of justice, was scheduled to be released on furlough...
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September 2011 Longshore Update
September 2011Notes From Your Updater - On August 1, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted en banc review in the case of Price v. Stevedoring Services of America, Inc., et al. [see January...
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October 2011 Longshore Update
October 2011Notes From Your Updater - On September 27, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari in the case of Roberts v. Sea-Land Services (Docket No. 10-1399) [see December...
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November 2011 Longshore Update
November 2011Notes From Your Updater - On October 1, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid, Docket No. 10-507. A transcript of...
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December 2011 Longshore Update
December 2011Notes From Your Updater - The United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Roberts v. Sea-Land Services , Docket 10-1399, on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. It will be...
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January 2012 Longshore Update
January 2012 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!Notes From Your Updater - In Memoriam: Administrative Law Judge Richard D. Mills passed away on December 10, 2011 in Diamondhead, Mississippi at the age of 79. Judge Mills...
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February 2012 Longshore Update
February 2012Notes From Your Updater -The 2012 Loyola Annual Longshore Conference will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, from March 15 &16, 2012. There are still...
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March 2012Notes From Your Updater - David Widener has been selected as the new Longshore District Director for Houston and will start in his new position on February 27, 2012. Mr. Widener was formally...
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April 2012 No Cases to Report on This Month - April FoolNotes From Your Updater - On February 28, 2012, the Virginia Senate approved a bill under which shipyard workers and longshoremen who suffer...
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May 2012 Longshore Update
May 2012Notes From Your Updater - On April 6, 2012, Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia signed into law a bill under which shipyard workers and longshoremen who suffer serious injuries on the job will...
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June 2012 Longshore Update
June 2012Notes From Your Updater - On May 21, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petitions for certiorari in the cases of Director, OWCP v. Boroski, Docket No. 11-926 and Dyncorp International,...
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July 2012 Longshore Update
July 2012Notes From Your Updater - The Affordable Care Act (also sometimes referred to as Obama Care), including its individual mandate that virtually all Americans buy health insurance, was held...
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August 2012 Longshore Update
August 2012 Notes From Your Updater - Longshore Industry Notice No-139 announced the transfer of cases from Baltimore to Norfolk Longshore District Office. Effective July 1st 2012, all open cases (with...
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