December 2011

The Asian Carp.  It is an ugly fella.  Should the federal government be required to install block nets to stop these beasties from invading the Great lakes?  We’ll see if the Supreme Court thinks that is a question it should be asking.

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Photo courtesy of the National Park Service.

The Asian Carp is an invasive

New maritime insurance case from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  The case involves a pollution insurance policy and coverage for an oil spill following a vessel explosion in Chicago.  The case is Egan Marine Corp. v. Great American Insur. Co., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 23369 and the original opinion can be found here.

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