Article by Daniel B. Shilliday, Walter R. Mayer, John J. Michael, and Andrew P. Slania
Offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Outer Continental Shelf generally are subject to contractual arrangements that present significant legal issues for the practitioner negotiating or litigating the contracts. This Article presents a discussion of the relevant choice-of-law analysis for these contracts and the substantive law under alternate regimes for indemnification provisions, insurance and “additional insured” provisions, release agreements, consequential damage caps, liquidated damage provisions, and other clauses limiting remedies otherwise available at law.
About the Author
Daniel B. Shilliday. Partner, Vinson & Elkins, LLP. J.D. 1991, Tulane University School of Law; B.S. 1987, United States Merchant Marine Academy.
Walter R. Mayer. Associate, Vinson & Elkins, LLP. J.D. 2001, University of Virginia School of Law; B.S. 1998, Boston College.
John J. Michael. Partner, Vinson & Elkins, LLP. J.D. 2003, Tulane University School of Law (Managing Editor, Tulane Law Review); B.S. 1998, Texas A&M University.
Andrew P. Slania. Associate, Vinson & Elkins, LLP. J.D. 2006, University of Houston Law Center; B.A. 2003, Saint Louis University.
Citation
81 Tul. L. Rev. 1579 (2007)