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FIRM NEWS: US News & World Report Ratings
U.S. News and Best Lawyers, the leading survey of lawyers worldwide, have joined to rank law firms in the U.S. They currently rank firms in 75 National Practice Areas. Rankings are released to the public in early November of each … Continue reading
FIRM NEWS: Super Lawyers 2019 Selectees
Every year Super Lawyers selects attorneys from all firm sizes and over 70 practice areas throughout the United States. KLSE lawyers Jack Lillis and Charles Schmidt have again been selected for listing as Super Lawyers in the New York Metro … Continue reading
FIRM NEWS: Super Lawyers 2014 listees
Partners Jack Lillis and Charlie Schmidt, and Counsel, Craig English, have once again been named to the 2014 listing of Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, a publication of Thompson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 … Continue reading
FIRM NEWS: Marine Claims and Recovery Forum Presentation
Partner Charlie Schmidt has been invited to make a presentation to the Marine Claims and Recovery Forum at its monthly meeting held April 29, 2014 at The Ketch Restaurant. Charlie will speak about the application of the “chargeable weight doctrine” … Continue reading
FIRM NEWS: US News & World Report 2014 Ratings
US News & World Report’s 2014 ratings place Kennedy Lillis Schmidt & English in Tier 1 Nationally and in New York City for Admiralty and Maritime Law. http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/profile/kennedy-lillis-schmidt-english/rankings/35616
FIRM NEWS: US News & World Reports and Best Lawyers rank Kennedy Lillis Schmidt & English
US News & World Reports rank Kennedy Lillis Schmidt & English’s Admiralty Law Practice in Tier 1 nationally and in New York City. http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/firms/kennedy-lillis-schmidt-english/overview/35616/
OTHER RESOURCES: ALADI’s agreement on international road transport translated
ALADI is the Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (Latin American Integration Association). The Spanish language text from which this translation was made is found on the Uruguayan Parliament’s website here. The signed original may be found on the ALADI website here. The authentic … Continue reading
FIRM NEWS: Office of Foreign Assets Control 2012 Financial Symposium
The Office of Foreign Assets Control’s 2012 Financial Services Symposium will be held on Tuesday, March 20 in Washington, D.C. The Financial Symposium will feature presentations by, and discussions with, key OFAC personnel on topics such as: Compliance with U.S. … Continue reading
CASE NOTE: Accumulation clause held applicable to warehouse extension in cargo policy.
In the case of St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, v. Novus International, Inc., decided December 28, 2011, the Court addressed the question of whether a cargo policy’s accumulation clause applied to its warehouse extension provisions. The accumulation wording … Continue reading
NEWS: New OFAC search tool released
OFAC has just released an on-line search tool