Chamberlain Hrdlicka's Maritime Proctor Blog is primarily about Admiralty and Maritime law decisions, but also discusses non-Admiralty litigation as well as other legal issues. This blog does not constitute legal advice of any kind. Moreover, it does not create an attorney/client relationship between the reader and either myself or Chamberlain Hrdlicka. Instead, I merely endeavor to discuss, on a broad level, common issues I see in my practice, as well as recent case developments or news concerning the Maritime industry.
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Unless you are wholly checked out from watching the news (and, frankly, with what’s gone on in the past 18 months, we do not blame you if such is the case), you likely know that a large container vessel, the Ever Given, was, until Monday 29 March 2021,[1] stuck (for lack of a better lay term) in the Suez Canal. While the Ever Given is now out of the Canal and on to her next port, the impacts of this incident on world trade will resonate, we predict, for several years.
Background
To understand the situation, one must know generally how the Suez Canal works, as well as its importance to not only the ...
Today, Governor Greg Abbott lifted all capacity restrictions on business operations in Texas, as well as the mandate to wear masks.[1]
What follows is my opinion, and not legal advice of any kind.
What we know:
-1- COVID 19 is transmitted by respiratory droplets from people's mouths and noses when people are in close contact (i.e., within 6 feet of each other). According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (“CDC”), COVID-19 spreads very easily.[2]
-2- Wearing a mask & maintaining social distance of 6 feet from people who are not in your household is the most effective way ...