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February 26, 2013	Partners Bruce Paulsen and John Ashmead co-authored an article titled, “Don't Go Down With The Shipping Bankruptcy,” which was featured on Law 360.
February 22, 2013	The Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ("ITRA") and Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
January 29, 2013	Public Companies that are "Resource Extraction Issuers" Must Disclose Certain Government Payments
December 11, 2012	Iran Threat Reduction Act - SEC Disclosure Requirements Update
August 13, 2012	Client Alert - House Resolution 1905
May 2, 2012	Newsletter in Connection with Seward & Kissel's May 2nd Round Table Discussion: Private Equity In Shipping
May 2, 2012	Executive Order: Foreign Sanctions Evaders
April 2012	Counsel Clay Cook wrote an article titled, “The Dual-Use Vessel Program and America’s Marine Highway – Next Steps” which was published in the March-April issue of Maritime Executive magazine.
March 7, 2012	Client Alert Concerning FAA's Proposal for Registration of U.S. Citizen Trustees Involving Non-U.S. Citizen Trustors or Beneficiaries
March 2012	Partner Lawrence Rutkowski authored an article titled, “Impact of liquidity and funding concerns on loan documentation,” which appeared in the March 2012 issue of Financier Worldwide Magazine.
January 2012	Maritime Group 2011 Year in Review
February 2, 2012	Accelerated Form 20-F Filing Deadline and XBRL Requirements for Foreign Private Issuers
January 20, 2012	Memorandum: Client Update Concerning Liability Exposures of Aircraft Owners, Lessors and Financiers
December 1, 2011	Memorandum: Client Update on American Airlines Trading
June 21, 2011	Client Alert - Indictment of IRISL
April 1, 2011	Business Transactions Group 2010 Year in Review
March 10, 2011	U.S. Sanctions Against Libya
January 24, 2011	Partner Gary Wolfe authored an article entitled “Public Shipping: The Ultimate Multiplier" which appeared in Marine Money’s January 2011 issue.
October 1, 2010	Enforcement Update Re: Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
August 23, 2010	Memorandum: Iran Financial Sanctions Regulations
August 18, 2010	The FAA Issues Re-Registration Rule
July 10, 2010	Counsel Clay Cook wrote a letter to the editor that appeared in the Wall Street Journal. The letter is entitled "Don't Blame Delays on the Jones Act" and addresses criticisms that the Jones Act has delayed cleanup efforts in the Gulf.
July 7, 2010	Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
June 28, 2010	Memorandum on the Gulf Oil Spill Liability Questions Linger in the Gulf
June 1, 2010	Larry Rutkowski, Bruce Paulsen, and Jon Stoian co-authored an article, "Mugged Twice?: Payment of Ransom on the High Seas" that appears in the American University Law Review Volume 59, Number 5. The article examines the legality, under U.S. law, of paying ransom to pirates in order to release a vessel and its crew from unlawful detention. Bruce Paulsen, Lawrence Rutkowski
May 1, 2010	Counsel Clay Cook and Associate Patrick Ogle co-authored an article entitled "Financing Jones Act Vessel Assets" that appeared in the May 2010 issue of Marine Money. The article explores non-citizen owner-lessor use of MARAD programs to achieve "zero percent" vessel financing in Jones Act section 12119 transactions.
April 16, 2010	Client Alert - Executive Order No. 13536 Bruce Paulsen, Lawrence Rutkowski
April 8, 2010	Client Alert re Proposed Iran Sanctions
December 7, 2010	Iran Sanctions Program Update
October 16, 2009	Memorandum Regarding The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd., vs. Jaldhi Overseas PTE Ltd. Opinion
October 1, 2009	Partners Bruce Paulsen and Larry Rutkowski co-authored an article entitled "Rule B and the Alter Ego- Have the Courts Pierced the Corporate Veil?" that appeared in the October issue of Marine Money. The article discusses the recent developments in the uses and applications of Rule B. Bruce Paulsen, Lawrence Rutkowski
October 1, 2009	Counsel H. Clayton Cook, Jr. authored an article entitled "Keeping an Eye On Ballast Water" that appeared in the October 2009 version of Marine Log. The article examines recent proposals for regulation of ballast water discharged in U.S. waters. H. Clayton Cook, Jr.
September 9, 2009	Partner Bruce Paulsen wrote an article entitled "Piracy, Insurance, and Hard Choices" that appeared in the September 2009 edition of Maritime Risk International. The article discusses the legal issues facing shipping companies in relation to pirate activity.
June 25, 2009	Partner Larry Rutkowski authored an article entitled "Is Piracy Terrorism?" that appeared in the June 2009 Yearbook on Marine Log. The article discsusses whether pirates should be considered terrorists, and by extension whether those submitting ransom payments to pirates are providing funds to terrorism.
June 24, 2009	Seward & Kissel attorneys Bruce Paulsen and Paula Odysseos co-authored an article titled "Living in the Era of Rule B" that appeared in the June 2009 issue of Maritime Risk International The article discusses the implications of Rule B for parties and banks prosecuting, defending, or avoiding attachments.
June 24, 2009	Partner Larry Rutkowski and associate Jonathan Stoian co-authored an article entitled "Rule B and its Impact on the Transactional World." The article discusses Rule B as it relates to the shipping finance community .
March 29, 2009	Seward & Kissel LLP Memorandum Regarding the Second Circuit's Weighing in on Rule B: Registration in New York Deemed Sufficient to Avoid Rule B
March 13, 2009	Seward & Kissel LLP Memorandum Regarding S. 506
January 1, 2009	Partner Gary Wolfe wrote an article entitled "Public Companies and Unrealistic Shareholders - How to Survive 50% Yields." The article was published in Volume 25 of Marine Money International, the magazine's "Survival Guide" issue, and discusses the trend of unusually high yields at which the full and high dividend payout companies are trading in today's economy.
February 1, 2008	H. Clayton Cook, counsel, wrote an Op-Ed piece on H.R. 6 which appeared in Marine Log. H. Clayton Cook, Jr.
January 2008	Business Transactions Group Year-in-Review 2007 James Abbott, Craig Sklar, Gary Wolfe, Lawrence Rutkowski, Derick Betts, John Ashmead, Robert Lustrin, Paul Clark, Peter Pront, James Hancock, Craig Hickernell, Greg Cioffi
December 20, 2007	Marine Money: Taxing Matters. US MARAD CCF Program Extended to Container and Ro/ro Vessels. H. Clayton Cook, Jr.
October 18, 2007	H. Clayton Cook spoke on "Strategies for Putting Your CCF Dollars to Work" at the 8th Annual Marine Finance Forum -- Americas "From Famine to Feat ... to Fat?" H. Clayton Cook, Jr.
October 1, 2007	H. Clayton Cook, counsel, prepared an article relating to the MARAD CCF Program. The article entitled "Financing With the Maritime Administration's Capital Construction Fund" appeared in MARINE MONEY International. H. Clayton Cook, Jr.
April 19, 2007	H. Clayton Cook, counsel, delivered a presentation on “Building Short Sea Shipping: Vessel Financing & 2007 Concerns” at the National Shipbuilding Research Program, “Workshop on Short Sea Shipping”. H. Clayton Cook, Jr.
March 1, 2007	Bruce G. Paulsen, partner, delivered a paper and led a panel discussion at Tulane. Bruce G. Paulsen delivered a paper (co-authored by associates Paula Odysseos and Kassandra Savicki), which was published in Tulane Law Review in the Spring of 2007, entitled Rough Seas Ahead: Analysis of Public Markets Financing of Shipping Ventures and the Impending Wave of Shipping Securities Litigation. He also led a panel on the same subject at the Tulane Admiralty Law Institute in New Orleans. Bruce Paulsen
January 1, 2007	Bruce G. Paulsen, Paula Odysseos & Kassandra L. Savicki authored an article for New Horizons: An Analysis of Public Markets Financing of Shipping Ventures and the Impending Wave of Shipping Securities Litigation, originally published in 81 Tul. L. Rev. 1579-1636 (2007). Reprinted with the permission of the Tulane Law Review Association, which holds the copyright. Bruce Paulsen
October 24, 2004	H. Clayton Cook, counsel, delivered a presentation on “Opportunities in the U.S. Flag: Gaining Access to the Jones Act: 1970 to 2004” at the MARINE MONEY INTERNATIONAL, 5th Annual Marine Finance Forum-Americas, “Doing Deals, Making Money” conference. H. Clayton Cook, Jr.
September 28, 2004	H. Clayton Cook participated and delivered a presentation on “Current Developments in Short Sea Vessel and Infrastructure Financing: SEA 21, CCF Extension and 12106(e) Lease Financing” at the Maritime Economics Panel of the Society of Naval Architects and Maritime Engineers, and the Transportation Research Board Marine Board, “The Economics of Domestic Short Sea Shipping” workshop. H. Clayton Cook, Jr.
July 8, 2004	H. Clayton Cook authored an article entitled Why German K/G Funds Can Now Lease US Flag Assets, Marine Money International. H. Clayton Cook, Jr.
September 9, 2003	H. Clayton Cook, counsel, delivered a paper on “CCF Financing: Today and as Extended by H.R. 2190” at the MARINE LOG, “Gulf Offshore 2003: Issues and Opportunities” conference held. H. Clayton Cook, Jr.

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