Legal matters of maritime concern in Hawaii, Oceania, and beyond.
In a classic admiralty, multi-country, CivPro wonky fashion, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals just issued a decision analyzing the basic jurisdiction of the federal courts to enforce foreign judgments arising from admiralty cases.
The case is D'amico Dry Limited v. Priemera Maritime (Hellas) Ltd., et al. and the opinion can be found here.…
The Washington Post ran an exclusive article this week reporting that President Obama is about to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument purportedly creating the world's largest marine sanctuary.
Per the article:
Under the proposal, according to two independent analyses, the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument would be expanded from almost…
