Blank Rome LLP

PUBLICATIONS

• Jumping off the Fiscal Cliff? It's More of a Downward Slope for Maritime, Transportation, and Energy Programs

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter and Engineering News
  May 15, 2013
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Key Salvage Issues for 2013 – And Beyond…

  [Article]
  Marine News
  April 2013
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• EPA Proposes Draft Technical Guidance for Determining Quantities of PCBs in Vessels Subject to MARAD’s Foreign Transfer Requirements

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  February 2013 (No. 2)
  R. Anthony Salgado, Joan M. Bondareff, Jonathan K. Waldron and F. Humera Ahmed
  

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  [Alert]
  Mainbrace
  January 2013 (No. 1)
  W. Cameron Beard, Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., William R. Bennett III, Jeanne M. Grasso, Jeremy J.O. Harwood, Jonathan K. Waldron, et al.
  

• Navigating in 2013: Jones Act Offshore

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  January 2013
  Jeanne M. Grasso and Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012

  [Alert]
  Maritime
  January 2013 (No. 1)
  Joan M. Bondareff, Jonathan K. Waldron and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Strategic Seaports

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  December 2012
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Whistleblower Awards: Time for Standards

  [Article]
  Maritime Professional
  4Q 2012
  Jeanne M. Grasso and Gregory F. Linsin
  

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  [Alert]
  Mainbrace
  November 2012 (No. 3)
  Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Jeanne M. Grasso, Jeffrey S. Moller, Jonathan K. Waldron, Joan M. Bondareff and Dana S. Merkel
  

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  Mainbrace
  July 2012 (No. 2)
  Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Joan M. Bondareff, Jeremy J.O. Harwood, Jeffrey S. Moller, James J. Quinlan, Jonathan K. Waldron, et al.
  

• Congressional Failure to Enact Maritime Legislation and the Fiscal Cliff

  [Article]
  Mainbrace
  July 2012 (No. 2)
  Jonathan K. Waldron and Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Maritime Pollution and Other Legislation Outlooks

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  March 2012
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

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  [Alert]
  Mainbrace
  March 2012 (No. 1)
  Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Nigel J. Binnersley, Joan M. Bondareff, Jeanne M. Grasso, Jeremy J.O. Harwood, John D. Kimball, et al.
  

• Maritime Legislative Forecast 2012

  [Article]
  Mainbrace
  March 2012 (No.1)
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• U.S. Fails Its Ports

  [Article]
  The Journal of Commerce
  February 27, 2012
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Maritime Administration Announces 2012 Small Shipyard Grant Program

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  December 2011 (No. 13)
  Brian A. Bannon and Joan M. Bondareff
  

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  [Alert]
  Mainbrace
  December 2011 (No. 3)
  Brian A. Bannon, Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Jeremy J.O. Harwood, Richard V. Singleton II and Alan M. Weigel
  

• Coast Guard Request for Comments on Mechanisms used by Publicly Traded Jones Act Companies to Prove Citizenship Following the Trico Investigation

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  December 2011 (No. 12)
  R. Anthony Salgado, James B. Ellis II and Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Investigation, Litigation and Legislative Results from Deepwater Horizon Linger

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  October 2011
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• The Impact of Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning on Deepwater Drilling

  [Article]
  Natural Resources & Environment (Vol. 26, No. 2)
  Fall 2011
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Impact of Budget Cuts on the Maritime Industry

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  July 2011
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• The Jones Act Offshore 2011

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  January 2011
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Reflections on the Deepwater Horizon Incident

  [Article]
  The SciTech Lawyer (Volume 7, Number 3)
  Winter 2011
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• U.S. Coast Guard Establishes Policy to Ban Repeat Offenders

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  November 2010 (No. 9)
  Jonathan K. Waldron and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• After the Deepwater Horizon Response...What Next?

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  October 2010
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Understanding the Jones Act and the Use of Foreign Skimmers to Respond to the Deepwater Horizon Incident

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  June 2010 (No.6)
  Jonathan K. Waldron, Jeanne M. Grasso, John D. Kimball and Richard V. Singleton II
  

• New U.S. Sanctions Against Somalia Terrorists Link Piracy and Terrorism

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  April 2010 (No.2)
  Jonathan K. Waldron and John D. Kimball
  

• Maritime Budgets Struggle as Obama Administration Tackles the Budget Deficit

  [Article]
  Maritime Executive Newsletter
  February 4, 2010
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• White House Release of Interim Framework for Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

  [Article]
  Maritime Executive
  January 8, 2010
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Around the Registry Horn for Cruise Ships—What’s in Store in ‘10

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  December 2009
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• The Role of Small Vessels in National Security: Is DHS Doing Enough?

  [Article]
  LexisNexis
  November 2009
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• “Joint & Several” Liability–Time for a Change

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  October 2009
  Jeffrey S. Moller
  

• U.S. Economic Sanctions & Export Controls

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  September 2009
  

• Maritime Security Update

  [Article]
  Marine News
  August 2009
  Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Meet Blank Rome

  [Alert]
  Mainbrace
  July 2009 (No. 3)
  W. Cameron Beard, Thomas H. Belknap, Jr., Brett M. Esber, Jeanne M. Grasso, Jack A. Greenbaum, Jeremy J.O. Harwood, et al.
  

• Will the Stimulus Package Help the Maritime Industry?

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  Marine Log
  May 2009
  Joan M. Bondareff and Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Complying With U.S. Export Controls

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  April 2009
  

• The 111th Congress and New Administration Forecasting a Busy Maritime Agenda

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  March 2009
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Shipping Industry and Trade Consequences

  [Article]
  Women in International Trade Newsletter
  Winter 2009
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Why is it so Hard to Stop the Pirate Problem?

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  February 2009
  John D. Kimball and Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Problems Ahead: The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  December 2008 (No. 28)
  John D. Kimball and Alan M. Weigel
  

• The Impact of the Exxon Valdez Decision on Future Oil Spill Cases

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  Mealey’s Pollution Liability Report
  October 2008
  Joan M. Bondareff and John D. Kimball
  

• A Last Minute, Albeit Temporary, Reprieve: General Permit for Discharges “Incidental to the Normal Operation of a Vessel” Postponed until December 19, 2008

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  September 2008 (No. 23)
  Jeanne M. Grasso, Gregory F. Linsin and Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Alaska Upholds City of Valdez Tax on Large Vessels

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  September 2008
  Joseph T. Gulant
  

• The Impact of the Exxon Valdez Decision on Future Maritime Cases

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  Westlaw/Andrews' Environmental Litigation Reporter
  August 20, 2008
  Joan M. Bondareff and John D. Kimball
  

• Maritime Security and the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2008: From Canines to Liquefied Natural Gas

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  August 2008
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Missed Opportunity—LOST at Sea

  [Article]
  Maritime Executive
  August 2008
  Joan M. Bondareff and John D. Kimball
  

• Opportunities Abound for Offshore Alternative Energy Development

  [Article]
  Marine Technology Reporter
  June 2008
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• U.S. Regulatory Control of Undersea Defense Technology: Protecting the Technology that Protects Us

  [Article]
  Marine Technology Reporter
  May 2008
  

• Operating Offshore in an Evolving Security, Immigration, and Regulatory Environment

  [Article]
  Marine Technology Reporter
  April 2008
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Why Should the Offshore Industry Support Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty?

  [Article]
  Marine Technology Reporter
  April 2008
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• U.S. Economic Sanctions and Export Controls

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  April 2008
  

• Significant Ethics Training & Integrity Reporting Requirements on Contractors

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  March 2008
  Brian A. Bannon
  

• Challenges Abound for the Cruise Industry

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  February 2008
  Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Implementation of Safe Port Act Requirements

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  January 2008
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• Implementation of Safe Port Act Requirements

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  December 2007
  Jonathan K. Waldron
  

• The U.S. Coast Guard’s New Environmental Crimes Voluntary Disclosure Policy: Incentive for Compliance

  [Alert]
  Maritime Developments Advisory
  Nov 2007 (No. 9)
  Jeanne M. Grasso
  

• Interim DoD Rule on Vessel Chartering May Give Evaluation Preference for Repairs Made in U.S. Yards

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  October 2007
  Brian A. Bannon
  

• Senate and House Pass Comprehensive Federal Lobbying and Gift Reform

  [Alert]
  Government Relations Update
  August 2007 (No. 2)
  

• Washington Continues to Focus on Large and Small Maritime Security Issues

  [Article]
  Maritime Reporter
  August 2007
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Changes in Congress: Changes in Store for the Maritime Industry

  [Article]
  Benedict's Maritime Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1
  First Quarter 2007
  Joan M. Bondareff
  

• Drafting A U.S. Arbitration or Mediation Clause

  [Article]
  Mainbrace
  May 15, 2003
  Thomas H. Belknap, Jr.
  

• Antiterrorist Trade Sanctions

  [Article]
  Mainbrace
  April 2002
  John D. Kimball
  

• Co-Author: "Corrections Day" Can Provide Relief

  [Article]
  Legal Times
  February 12, 1996
  

• Co-Author: The Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Act: Reducing Regulatory Obstacles to the Full Development of the American Fisheries

  [Article]
  Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, Vol. 17, No. 3
  July 1986