First, a Florida-based marine salvage company lost a lawsuit over $600 million of sunken treasure it found in 2007 in a Spanish vessel that was shipwrecked more than 200 years…
A New Jersey couple has accepted a $1 settlement in their five-year-old lawsuit against the state over the building of a protective sand dune behind their beachfront home.
A nationwide strike by lawyers in Italy has prompted a judge to delay the start of the high-profile trial of the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia.
James Goold works against treasure hunters and their lawyers, who “all think they’ll get gold coins to hang around their necks.” Photo by Ryan Gibson.
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When defendants speak Arabic, Chinese, English, Hebrew, Korean, Swahili or Tagalog, interpreters in Japan’s courts are ready to help them understand and be understood.
Minnesota litigator Sybil Dunlop admits that when she first started practicing, she probably didn’t delegate enough administrative tasks to support staff. “I had a misplaced desire…
Reversing an earlier decision by a federal district court judge in Seattle, a federal appeals court has given the green light to a lawsuit brought by Japanese whalers against a…
A federal judge in New Orleans began hearing opening statements Monday in a trial to determine how to apportion blame between BP Plc and its subcontractors for the massive oil…
The fire that left Carnival cruise ship passengers without air conditioning and flushable toilets isn’t as unusual as some cruise lines would have you believe, according to a maritime lawyer…
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