The Fifth Circuit has found that a man injured while living and working on an oil production platform qualifies for workers compensation benefits designed for...
Longshore Cases-Decisions Dyer v. Cenex Harvest States Coop., 563 F.3d 1044 (9th Cir. 2009) The first Longshore case involved the reversing of the Board's decision,...
On April 6, the Justice Department announced that Consultores De Navegacion, a Spanish company that operates the M/T Nautilus, an ocean-going chemical tanker ship, had...
Cases From Around the U.S. VAN SKIKE V. OWCP - In a challenge to the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs' (OWCP) decision setting an attorney's fee...
Supreme Court Resolving Labor Disputes The Supreme Court has agreed to clarify the scope of federal courts’ authority to second-guess arbitration decisions made to resolve...
New Requirements for Hawaii Ports Hawaii Requires TWIC card A new federal security system for access to Hawaii commercial ports was implemented Thursday. Most employees...
Sailors Settlement Reached The following was published in the The Ukrainian Weekly Dear Editor: Thanks from Ukraine for the help and support provided by The...