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Sep
4
2013
Affirmative Action and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Compliance Update: OFCCP Issues Highly Anticipated Final Disability and Veteran Regulations Vedder Price
Nov
2
2011
Reregistering Vessels After Foreclosure Sale Vedder Price
Dec
8
2021
Georgia Federal District Court Halts Enforcement of Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Vedder Price
Jul
8
2021
President Biden Issues Executive Order Amending Prohibition on Securities Investments related to Chinese Military Companies Vedder Price
Mar
28
2013
First-of-its-Kind Legislation Known As the Maritime Amendment Act (No. 1), 2013 Passes Vedder Price
Dec
21
2020
Q&A on Financing Charters [VIDEO] Vedder Price
Aug
31
2015
Sanctions Regimes and Shipping Finance Vedder Price
Jun
10
2011
Planning for Hurricane Season - Employers Emergency Preparedness Plans Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Jan
31
2010
Federal law Prohibits Defense Contractors from Enforcing Employment Contract Arbitration Provisions Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Oct
11
2016
The Fifth Circuit Revisits the Definition of ‘Vessel’ Under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Bracewell LLP
Jun
8
2023
Congress Amends NEPA in Effort to Reform Federal Permitting Bracewell LLP
Oct
11
2016
Pretrial Investigative Files and the Work-Product Doctrine Bracewell LLP
Oct
21
2020
One if by Land, Two if by Sea: Differentiating Between Maritime and Non-Maritime Workers on Offshore Wind Installations Bracewell LLP
Sep
27
2021
New Federal Guidance Broadly Construes President's Executive Order Requiring Vaccination and Other COVID-19 Mitigation Measures for Many Federal Contractors Bracewell LLP
Oct
11
2016
Root Cause Analyses: When Safety and Legal Concerns Collide for Marine Employers Bracewell LLP
Jun
9
2020
FERC Proposes To Limit Availability Of Tariff Waivers Bracewell LLP
Mar
15
2023
Preserving NAFTA Legacy Rights Requires Immediate Action Bracewell LLP
Jun
29
2016
Safety of Life at Sea Verified Gross Mass Regulations for Containers Set to Go into Effect July 1 Bracewell LLP
Apr
27
2018
White House Encourages Coordination of Infrastructure Permitting Through One Federal Decision Memorandum Bracewell LLP
Jul
31
2019
US Supreme Court Adopts Fifth Circuit Approach in Finding State Wage-and-Hour Laws Inapplicable to OCS Workers Bracewell LLP
Apr
6
2021
DOL Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Claims Handling under LHWCA Bracewell LLP
Oct
10
2021
DOJ to Federal Contractors: Report Cyberattacks or Face the False Claims Act Bracewell LLP
Jul
31
2022
Check It Once, Check It Twice: OFAC Requests Daily Screenings of SDN List for Sanctions Compliance Bracewell LLP
Sep
27
2022
Part 1-Classified Information in Federal Criminal Litigation and the Need to Know with Sid Kamaraju [PODCAST] Bracewell LLP
Sep
15
2016
FEMA to Cover 90 Percent of Public-Assistance Cost in Louisiana Flooding Bracewell LLP
Feb
11
2022
The Changing Landscape for Government Contracts and Government Investigations [PODCAST] Bracewell LLP
Mar
24
2015
FAA Announces New Policy to Streamline UAS Integration for Low-Level Flights Bracewell LLP
Oct
18
2022
Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements: Are Changes Coming? Bracewell LLP
Jul
21
2010
Hospitals and Health Care Providers: You May Be Targets of the U.S. Department of Labor Bracewell LLP
Mar
15
2016
Fuel Supplier is Denied Maritime Lien Against Vessel in Fallout from O.W. Bunker’s Bankruptcy Bracewell LLP
Sep
25
2019
US Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Seaman’s Slip and Fall Action Bracewell LLP
Apr
7
2020
Federal Contracts — on Again or off Again — During the Coronavirus Pandemic Bracewell LLP
Nov
13
2015
Recent Drone Developments and Look Ahead to 2016 Bracewell LLP
Mar
15
2016
Jones Act Seaman Status Tested for Shipyard Worker Bracewell LLP
Sep
25
2019
Use of Offshore Supply Vessels in Disaster Response: NOSAC Issues Final Recommendations to US Coast Guard Bracewell LLP
Apr
17
2020
COVID-19: Vessel Owner Obligations, Part II Bracewell LLP
Mar
26
2021
Coast Guard Issues Changes to Maritime Transportation COVID-19 Safety Requirements Bracewell LLP
May
26
2021
5th Circuit Unanimously Announces New Test for Jones Act Seaman Status Bracewell LLP
Jul
21
2022
The COVID-19 Change Order Bracewell LLP
Jul
25
2019
An Alternative Structure for Certain P3 Projects – The 63-20 Financing Bracewell LLP
Apr
23
2020
Class Actions Begin: Plaintiffs Target Banks for PPP Loan Processing Bracewell LLP
May
3
2016
Revisiting Availability of Punitive Damages to Jones Act Seaman Against Third-Party Non-Employer in Eastern District of Louisiana Bracewell LLP
Dec
14
2018
Department of Defense's "Other Transaction Authority" Bracewell LLP
May
26
2021
5th Circuit Declines Personal Jurisdiction in High-Profile Japanese Collision Case — But Stay Tuned for More Bracewell LLP
Sep
7
2021
Charter Party and Service Agreements Will Lead the Way to Ida Recovery but Have Consequences Bracewell LLP
Dec
8
2021
Government Enforcement and Investigations Year-In-Review: The Administration Has Moved Its Pieces into Place Bracewell LLP
Mar
26
2022
Army Corps Issues Notice of Nationwide Permit 12 Review and Seeks Stakeholder Input Bracewell LLP
Oct
6
2022
Part 2 – Classified Information in Federal Criminal Litigation and the Need to Know With Sid Kamaraju [PODCAST] Bracewell LLP
Feb
1
2024
Federal Contractors Beware: New Hiring Restrictions Proposed on Companies Doing Business with the Federal Government Bracewell LLP
May
4
2016
Fifth Circuit Finds that Maritime Law Does Not Apply to Property Damage and Economic Loss Claims Following Rupture of Riser Chain Connected to a Floating Production and Storage Facility Bracewell LLP
 

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