Episode 52 Transcript CLARICE: Good morning, everybody. Good early morning. It is 7:30 a.m. So we have an earlier than normal record time today. My name is – oh, what am I doing. It’s too early. Marisa, help me. MARISA: Good morning. I’m Marisa Desautel. This is Environmentally Speaking. And you are Clarice. CLARICE: I am.…
Episode 51 Transcript CLARICE: Hello, everybody. Welcome to this week’s episode of Environmentally Speaking. And I am so happy to welcome back my cohost. MARISA: Hi, Clarice. I’m Marisa Desautel, an environmental attorney here in Rhode Island. And I was conspicuously absent from the last episode because in true honesty and full disclosure I’ve got…
Little different kind of show in this episode. We got an interesting article from a listener and we put Marisa on the spot. There is a crane-topped vessel that sunk in the Providence River and has been there about four years. So, some questions arise from this, who’s crane is it? Can it be removed? Who is now responsible for…
One month after the start of COVID-19 restrictions, the legal field began seeing an average of one related case filed daily. For the maritime industry, many of these civil litigation lawsuits will stem from shipping, cruise ship, and insurance cases, as noted below under admiralty law. Shipping This podcast offers some of the impacts of COVID-19 on global shipping. In addition, a…
Today’s blog post will take a look at two different disputes related to Indigenous fishing rights and provide an overview of the treaties, laws, and regulations that apply in each instance. It will conclude with a discussion on environmental regulatory compliance. The Mi’kmaq and Lobster Fishing in Digby Right now, there is a dispute taking place in Digby, Nova Scotia…
Today’s blog post will describe marine salvage and what constitutes a salvage claim, as well as resolution of civil disputes over salvage claims. Boaters sometimes wrongfully assume that marine salvage is limited to things such as sunken and/or sinking ships, but the applications of marine salvage are in fact rather broad. Salvage in the U.S. In the United States, as…
Civil litigation occurs across a wide variety of legal fields. It encompasses personal injury law, small claims, business law, contract law, torts, and environmental law. An area of law that only some civil litigation attorneys are knowledgeable about are admiralty and maritime law. Today’s blog post will explain what admiralty and maritime law are, and what makes them unique among…