Mainbrace: June 2018 (No. 2)

Lawyer Commentary

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Bankruptcy

COMMITTEE CHAIR:

Michael B. Schaedle 







Corporate/Financial/

Transactional

COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

Brett M. Esber 

Stephen T. Whelan

























Dispute Resolution (Litigation,

Arbitration and Mediation)

COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

Thomas H. Belknap, Jr.

Douglas J. Shoemaker 

Michael K. Bell

Kate B. Belmont

William R. Bennett III



Noe S. Hamra

Jeremy A. Herschaft

Jay T. Huffman

Emma C. Jones

John D. Kimball

Keith B. Letourneau

David G. Meyer

Jeffrey S. Moller

James J. Quinlan

Richard V. Singleton II

Alan M. Weigel

Lauren B. Wilgus

Employment/Labor/Tax/IP

COMMITTEE CHAIR:

Joseph T. Gulant 







Enforcement/Criminal

COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

Jeanne M. Grasso 

Gregory F. Linsin

Government Contracts

COMMITTEE CHAIR:

Brian S. Gocial 





Regulatory/Energy/

Environmental

COMMITTEE CHAIRS:

Kevin J. Bruno

Matthew J. Thomas 















Sean T. Pribyl



Jonathan K. Waldron









••••



We are on call 24 / 7 / 365

red



 

 



Richard V. Singleton II 



Matthew J. Thomas 



Jeanne M. Grasso 



John D. Kimball 



Keith B. Letourneau 



Jeremy A. Herschaft 



MAINBRACE

JUNE 2018 • NO. 2

 

  

1. Note from the Editor

2. What #MeToo Means for the Maritime World

4. Blank Rome Maritime Launches Safe Passage Blog

5. Stronger Winds Blowing Off the Atlantic Coast

7. Jeffrey Moller Elected to the Maritime Law Association’s

Board of Directors

8. Has the Ground Shifted under the Law Concerning When a

Party Is “Found within the District” for Purposes of Rule B?

10. Blank Rome Maritime Highly Ranked in The Legal 500 United

States 2018

11. Advanced Automation in Shipping Takes Center

Stage at IMO

13. Chambers USA 2018 Honors Blank Rome Maritime Attorneys

and Practices

15. Significant Opportunity to Provide Comments Concerning

Maritime Regulatory Reform

16. Oi Brasil and Competing Foreign Main Proceedings:

Creditors Can’t “Weaponize” Chapter 15

18. The Ocean Is Awash with Plastic: How Can the Maritime

Industry Help?

20. The Future of the “Safe Port” Warranty: Smooth Sailing

or Murkier Waters?

23. Gulf Coast Update: The Fifth Circuit Establishes

a New “Maritime Contract” Test

25. About Blank Rome

26. Risk Management Tools for Maritime Companies

27. Blank Rome’s Maritime Industry Team

CONTENTS

26 • MAINBRACE

Looking back through past issues of Mainbrace,  

  

  

 

  

  

  

 Mainbrace  

  

 Susan BickleyEmery Richards Jeanne

Grasso  



Sean Pribyl 

Jon WaldronJoan Bondareff 

  

  



  

  

Thomas Belknap Noe Hamra 

Emma Jones  

 David MeyerMike SchaedleRick Antonoff

  

 

 launch Safe Passage,

 Mainbrace 

  



  

p

Note from the Editor















To learn how the Compliance

Review Program can help your company, please visit blankrome.com/

compliancereviewprogram.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard ShipsIMO Guidelines on

Marime Cyber Risk Management in Safety Management Systems.To learn

 

your company, please visit blankrome.com/cybersecurity or contact Kate

B. Belmont (kbelmont@blankrome.com, 212.885.5075).

























To

learn how the Trade Sanctions and Export Compliance Review Program

can help your company, please visit blankromemaritime.com or contact

Matthew J. Thomas (mthomas@blankrome.com, 202.772.5971).

Risk Management Tools for Maritime Companies

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