Overview
Professors David Robertson and Michael Sturley open the Admiralty and Maritime Law Conference with their annual overview of recent developments at the national level and in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Hear the latest updates on significant rulings in the BP spill litigation, new offshore drilling regulations in the Gulf of Mexico, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an insider’s view on new and imminent Supreme Court rulings, and personal injury and wrongful death damages in maritime cases.
The program features a judges panel on practice and protocol in federal court with Hon. Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Hon. Keith P. Ellison, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; and Hon. Nancy Korte Johnson, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Don’t miss the continuation of Bill Chriss and Brad Jackson’s ethics session, What to Do if Your Client Is Misbehaving.
