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Overview
Contracts, Tariffs, FMC Enforcement, and Cargo Claims
Global shipping disruptions, explosive tariff developments, aggressive FMC enforcement - maritime and trade lawyers are operating in one of the most volatile regulatory and commercial environments in decades, and clients need practical answers now. This program brings together an exceptionally credentialed faculty of litigators, trade attorneys, and regulatory practitioners to provide a strategic, real-world examination of the issues reshaping maritime commerce and international trade. Be uniquely positioned to guide clients through uncertainty and high-stakes maritime issues - register today!
- Develop a clear understanding of the regulatory framework governing ocean shipping and logistics.
- Stay current on rapidly changing maritime, tariff, and FMC enforcement developments.
- Strengthen your approach to maritime contracts.
- Learn effective strategies for litigating before the Federal Maritime Commission.
- Uncover best practices for managing shortfall and overcharge cargo claims.
- Gain real-world insights for handling demurrage and detention disputes.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Maritime Law Fundamentals
- Maritime Contracts
- Litigating in Front of the Federal Maritime Commission
- Cargo Claims 1: Shortfall and Overcharge
- Cargo Claims 2: Demurrage and Detention
- Tariffs
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Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total |
|---|---|---|
| California MCLE Paralegal |
|
6 Total |
| Alaska CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Alabama CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Arizona CLE |
|
6 Total |
| California CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Colorado CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Delaware CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Florida CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Georgia CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Iowa CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Idaho CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Illinois CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Indiana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Kansas CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Kentucky CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Louisiana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Maine CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Missouri CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Montana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New Jersey CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Nevada CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New York CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Ohio CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
7 Total |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Texas CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Utah CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Virginia CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Vermont CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Washington CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
7 Total |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| Wyoming CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Delaware Certified Paralegal Program |
|
6 Total |
| Florida Registered Paralegal |
|
7 Total |
| Indiana Paralegal CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals |
|
6 Total |
| North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education |
|
6 Total |
| New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of |
|
6 Total |
| Ohio Certified Paralegals |
|
6 Total |
| NFPA |
|
0 Total |
| Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division |
|
6 Total |
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Paralegal
Agenda
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Maritime Law Fundamentals
- Sources of Maritime Law
- Key Players: Shippers, VOCCs, NVOCCs, and Marine Terminal Operators
- The Federal Maritime Commission: Structure, Authority, and Rulemaking
- How Maritime Law Intersects With Federal and State Regulation
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Maritime Contracts
- Service Contracts: Formation, Filing Requirements, and Essential Terms
- Bills of Lading and Tariffs as Contracts of Carriage
- NRA Agreements and Negotiated Rate Arrangements
- Dispute Resolution Clauses: Arbitration, Forum Selection, and Choice of Law
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Litigating in Front of the Federal Maritime Commission
- Shipping Act and Federal Maritime Commission Background
- Mechanisms to Bring Complaints Before the Federal Maritime Commission
- Litigation Procedures, Pre-Answer Motions, Discovery, and Merits Briefing before the FMC's Administrative Law Judges
- Remedies: Reparations, Injunctive Relief, and Civil Penalties
- Recent Enforcement Trends and the Impact of OSRA 2022
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Cargo Claims 1: Shortfall and Overcharge
- Minimum Quantity Commitments and Shortfall Liability Under Service Contracts
- Carrier vs. Shipper Breach: Allocation Failures and Service Shortfalls
- Peak Season Surcharges: Lawfulness, Transparency, and Tariff Authority
- Defenses and Counterclaims in MQC Disputes
- Recent FMC Complaints/Developments
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Cargo Claims 2: Demurrage and Detention
- D&D Defined: Free Time, Per Diem Charges, and the Container Lifecycle
- The FMC's Interpretive Rule on D&D Billing Practices
- The Evergreen Decisions: Where Do the Rules Stand Now?
- Incentive Principle: When Are D&D Charges Reasonable Under the Shipping Act?
- Practical Strategies for Contesting and Negotiating D&D Invoices
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Tariffs
- IEEPA tariffs: Learning Resources and Its Aftermath
- Tariff Refunds: Process and Strategy
- The Ever-Changing Tariff Landscape
- ADD/CVD Duties and Compliance
- Avoiding Common Pitfalls
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for maritime and admiralty attorneys, transportation and logistics counsel, international trade practitioners, commercial litigators, in-house counsel, and attorneys looking to enter or expand their practice in maritime and shipping law. Attendees will gain practical insight into FMC enforcement, maritime contracts, cargo claims, and the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape impacting international shipping and trade.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Luke Rushing
is an attorney with Huth Reynolds LLP and is admitted to practice in New York and California. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation across a wide variety of industries. Mr. Rushing has advised numerous figures in the entertainment industry on copyright and trademark matters. He has also represented landlords and tenants in COVID-19 related lease litigations. Mr. Rushing has appeared before numerous municipal agencies and courts to defend alleged code violations on behalf of business owners in New York City; advised Fortune 500 clients in connection with landmark maritime claims; and represented a bank in connection with Section 14 (a) disclosure litigation. Mr. Rushing is the co-chair of the ABA Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Clark University; and his J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law.
Speaker bio
Heewan Noh
is an attorney at Huth Reynolds LLP. She brings an unusually international career to her practice, having worked across the private sector, in-house, and in international development before joining the firm. A graduate of Korea University School of Law with an LL.M. with Distinction from Georgetown University Law Center, Ms. Noh focused her studies on international arbitration, litigation, and cross-border transactions. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a legal consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank, where she structured sovereign-guaranteed project finance transactions across Latin America and the Caribbean, as in-house legal counsel at LG Chem Ltd., and as a commercial litigation associate at Kwon & Co. Ms. Noh's practice spans maritime law, cross-border transactions, privacy compliance, and commercial litigation, with clients including carriers, insurers, and P&I clubs across East Asia.
Speaker bio
Matthew Reynolds
is a partner and co-founder of Huth Reynolds LLP. He has over 20 years of experience in complex litigation, arbitration, and investigations, with antitrust, maritime, class actions, and multi-jurisdictional matters as areas of particular focus. A graduate of Columbia University School of Law, Mr. Reynolds previously served as law clerk to U.S. District Judges Mark S. Davis and Jerome B. Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and worked at international law firms in New York, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Frankfurt, Germany. A long-time member of leadership in the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law, he also served as a regular co-host of its weekly podcast, Our Curious Amalgam. Mr. Reynolds is admitted to practice law in Virginia, Washington D.C., and New York.
Speaker bio
Karl Huth
is a partner and the founder of Huth Reynolds LLP. An accomplished trial lawyer and litigator, Mr. Huth has extensive experience in maritime, complex commercial litigation, arbitration, antitrust, securities, patent, and regulatory matters. He received his A.B. from Harvard College and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. Mr. Huth is admitted to practice law in New York.
Speaker bio
Jie Shi
is an attorney at Huth Reynolds LLP. With a legal education spanning two countries, receiving a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and an LL.B. from China University of Political Science and Law, Ms. Shi brings a distinctly cross-border perspective to her practice in employment law, regulatory compliance, and data privacy. Before joining the firm, she served as an Agency Attorney at the NYC Department of Social Services, where she handled employee disciplinary proceedings and responded to employment discrimination claims filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and previously worked in the compliance group at Dentons Shanghai, where she advised multinational corporations, including one of China's largest banks, on FCPA matters and internal controls. Ms. Shi's practice encompasses both litigation and counseling, with particular fluency in international privacy frameworks including GDPR and China's Personal Information Protection Law. She is admitted to practice law in New York.
Speaker bio
Gregory Crapanzano
is senior counsel at Huth Reynolds LLP. He has broad experience in commercial litigation, white collar defense and government investigations, antitrust and trade regulation, and class actions, with notable representations spanning professional sports leagues, financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Crapanzano earned his law degree, cum laude, from Washington and Lee University School of Law and graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia for undergrad. He previously clerked for the Hon. John A. Gibney, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in NYC and Williams Mullen P.C in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Crapanzano is admitted to practice in Virginia and New York and serves on the Board of Directors of the disAbility Law Center of Virginia and as former Chair of the Board of Young Professionals for Greater Richmond Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN).
Speaker bio
Mohini Priya
is of counsel at Huth Reynolds LLP. They bring deep expertise in restructuring and insolvency to practice, with additional experience managing maritime and litigation matters. Mohini holds a J.D. degree as a Tony Patiño Fellow and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar at Columbia University School of Law, an LL.M. with Merit from the London School of Economics, finishing top of class in the Law and Practice of International Finance course, and has a B.A. cum laude with highest honors in Philosophy from Smith College, where elected to Phi Beta Kappa and served as a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. Before joining the firm, they worked in the restructuring groups at both Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP, where representations included debtor-side work for Dean Foods and Virgin Orbit in Chapter 11 proceedings. Mohini has also represented pro bono clients in matters ranging from veterans affairs advocacy to consumer bankruptcy. They are admitted to practice law in Connecticut, Washington D.C., and New York.
Speaker bio
Lee Hill
is of counsel at Huth Reynolds LLP. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation with particular depth in maritime and shipping, litigation at the intersection of emergent technologies (such as Artificial Intelligence), economics, and First Amendment principles, securities, antitrust, and international matters, including proceedings involving foreign sovereigns and cross-border discovery. A graduate of Columbia University School of Law, he was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and earned recognition in international and comparative law. Mr. Hill holds an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, in International Studies and Psychology from Boston College. He previously served as a litigation associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and as an extern to the Hon. Jane Restani of the U.S. Court of International Trade. He has also devoted significant pro bono efforts to immigration matters, including representing a consortium of New York legal service providers in challenging ICE civil arrest policies at state courthouses. Mr. Hill is admitted to practice law in New York.
Speaker bio
Jack Mitchell
is a Regulatory and Litigation Associate at Huth Reynolds LLP whose practice focuses on trade and technology. He has represented numerous clients in shipping disputes before the Federal Maritime Commission, including a landmark proceeding alleging unfair shipping practices that resulted in one of the largest reparations awards ever awarded by an FMC Administrative Law Judge. In addition to his shipping and maritime litigation experience, Mr. Mitchell has a background in antitrust, intellectual property and media law, and legislative drafting/administrative law. His experience includes counseling clients on appellate strategy. Prior to his current role, Mr. Mitchell served as nonpartisan counsel to the Connecticut General Assembly's Energy & Technology Committee and was an Attorney Advisor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He holds a JD (cum laude) from Georgetown University Law Center and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago. Mr. Mitchell is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and New York.
Speaker bio
Sahana Thirumazhusai
is an attorney at Huth Reynolds LLP with a focus on trade, maritime and technology litigation. Previously, as a litigation associate at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, she represented sovereign nations, companies, and individuals in complex commercial litigation, international arbitrations, and internal investigations. As a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar at Columbia Law School, Ms. Thirumazhusai externed with a United Nations partner, served as Online Editor for the Human Rights Law Review, and worked on human rights projects ranging from international trial monitoring to crimes against humanity. She also interned with Everytown for Gun Safety, working on impact litigation at the state and federal level. A two-time Capital Pro-Bono Honor Roll honoree, Ms. Thirumazhusai continues her public interest work at Huth Reynolds in her pro-bono practice. She graduated, with University and College honors, from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in International Relations, Politics, and an additional major in Social and Political History. Ms. Thirumazhusai is admitted to practice law in Washington D.C.
Speaker bio
Zachery Morris
is of counsel at Huth Reynolds LLP. Before returning to private practice, where his complex commercial litigation docket focuses on maritime and trade law, he built a distinguished career at the intersection of human rights law and democracy. Mr. Morris led precedent-setting work at organizations including the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Center for Constitutional Rights, American Oversight, and the Alliance for Justice. He also represented major real estate firms and tech companies at an international law firm. A graduate of Stanford Law School and Stanford University, Mr. Morris has successfully litigated major shipping cases before the Federal Maritime Commission, represented international retailers in novel trade disputes, and led historic federal cases under the Voting Rights Act. He currently serves on the Board of People's Parity Project Action. Mr. Morris is admitted to practice law in New York and Washington D.C.
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