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FRIEDMAN, JAMES & BUCHSBAUM LLP added to the 2024 Best Lawyers List
FRIEDMAN, JAMES & BUCHSBAUM LLP, America’s Premier Maritime Personal Injury Firm,™ has been included in the 2024 Best Lawyers® New York Area Advertising Supplement, as nominated by other leading lawyers. Friedman, James & Buchsbaum does not pay to participate, nor are we allowed to pay or participate, as noted by the editors of Best Lawyers®: […]
Cruise Passengers – Read Your Ticket!
In Owen v. Carnival Corp., No. 18-25372, 2022 WL 18023309 (S.D. Fla. Nov. 21, 2022), the Court found that a passenger failed to provide written notice of her claim to Carnival within 185 days as required by her ticket and dismissed the case! Moral of the story: READ YOUR TICKET (and call us ASAP)! Susan […]
Andrew V. Buchsbaum to speak at Tulane Admiralty Law Institute
Friedman, James & Buchsbaum LLP Partner Andrew V. Buchsbaum is a featured speaker at the Tulane University Admiralty Law Institute to be held in New Orleans from March 30 thru April 1, 2022. Mr. Buchsbaum, a 1985 graduate of Tulane Law School and former editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal (formerly known as The […]
Maritime Geography Zones
Maritime Geography Zones are made up of three loosely defined elements, the meanings of which have slowly changed throughout history. Their interpretations are important when the Jones Act comes into play. According to the Naval Operations Concept of the US Navy in 2010, “blue water” refers to the open ocean; “green water” refers to coastal […]