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Holland & Knight's National Aviation and Shipping Transportation Practice Receives a No. 1 Ranking by Chambers USA

NEW YORK – Holland & Knight's national aviation and shipping transportation practice has once again received a No. 1 ranking in New York and the nation from Chambers and Partners for the 2008 Chambers USA – America’s Leading Business Lawyers guide. Building on over 150 years of transportation experience, Holland & Knight has the largest and most geographically diverse maritime practice of any law firm in the United States.

Franchise Laws and Hotel Management Relationships: A Rose by Any Other Name …

As the role of hotel management companies has evolved over time from the leasing and ownership of hotels, to entering into agency management agreements, to now entering into management agreements with no agency disclaimers, the relationship between the hotel owner and hotel management company has adopted several of the attributes of a franchise relationship. If the substance of these relationships are not kept distinct from that of a franchise, they may become subject to the obligations of franchise laws.

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USCG security requirements could be deal breaker for LNG terminals

January 31, 2008

Dennis L. Bryant- New York

Dennis Bryant was quoted in Lloyd's List about the United States Coast Guard securing liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities and a proposed clause in the Coast Guard Authorization Act. The proposed law would stop future production of LNG faculties until the Coast Guard has all of the resources necessary to provide maritime security. “The Coast Guard has multiple functions, such as search and rescue, patrolling, port state control, credentialing as well as homeland security, at LNG facilities as well as elsewhere,” Bryant said. “How does one determine whether any sector has ‘all the assets it needs for LNG security’ under these circumstances?”