Monthly Luncheons
Wednesday 2/13/2019
Speaker:
Ian Duthie
Director (Americas) - The North of England Insurance Services
Topic:
2020 Vision
RSVP date is Friday, February 8, 2019. Cancellation date is 9am on February 11, 2019
LUNCHEON CALENDAR CHANGE!
The April luncheon originally scheduled for Wed., April 10 has been moved to Tues, April 16. Please mark your calendars!
Special Events
February 28 & March 1, 2019
The SMA will again offer its popular, comprehensive two day seminar:
Maritime Arbitration in New York
NEW Location:
Hampton Inn & Suites, 26 Mill River Street, Stamford, CT 06902
PURPOSE:
This course is offered to help further and promote the fair, just, ethical and
cost effective resolution of charter-party and other maritime contract disputes
by arbitration in New York.
March 8 - 13, 2020
ICMA XXI
Rio de Janeiro
SAVE THE DATE
January 14, 2019
January 2019 Luncheon Presentation Now Available
Below is the presentation made by distinguished independent arbitrator Stephanie Cohen [www.cohenarbitration.com] as our SMA Luncheon speaker on January 9, 2019 on the all important and timely issue of "Cybersecurity and the Maritime Arbitrator"
Presentation (PDF Format)
Presentation (Video)
December 20, 2018
Arbitration Award Interest Calculator
UPDATED FOR DECEMBER 20, 2018 RATE CHANGE - 5.50%
As a service to our friends and Members we are pleased to provide, herein, a quick and accurate method for calculating interest at the prime lending rate, over a specified time-period as published by the Federal Reserve Bank. Click HERE to access the Interest Calculator.
September 27, 2018
Arbitration Award Interest Calculator
UPDATED FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 RATE CHANGE - 5.25%
As a service to our friends and Members we are pleased to provide, herein, a quick and accurate method for calculating interest at the prime lending rate, over a specified time-period as published by the Federal Reserve Bank. Click HERE to access the Interest Calculator.
September 20, 2018
September 2018 Luncheon Presentation Now Available
André Pereira da Fonseca, a lawyer from Abreu Advogados in Lisbon, Portugal and the author of a chapter entitled "SMA Arbitration" in the book "International Arbitration in the United States" (Edited by Laurence Shore, Tai-Heng Cheng, Janella La Chiusa, Lawrence Schaner, Mara V. J. Senn) recently published by Kluwer Law International, discussed his chapter with our members at our luncheon on September 20, 2018. We thank Dr. Pereira for his presentation which he has kindly made available for general viewing.
Presentation (PDF Format)
Presentation (Video)
April 11, 2018
April 2018 Luncheon Presentation Now Available
Blythe Daly from Holland & Knight New York discussed the basics of Blockchain and its potential impact on the shipping and logistics industry at the April lunch. The SMA thanks Blythe for the presentation and for allowing it to be included on the SMA website.
SMA Blockchain Presentation (PDF Format)
SMA Blockchain Presentation (Video)
April 10, 2018
The Arbitrator
The newest issue, Volume 48, Issue No 1 of The Arbitrator - April 2018
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