January 03, 2023
A Miami-based federal judge has ordered four cruise companies to pay approximately $440 million in damages to a former Havana port owner after finding that they had violated U.S. law by engaging in prohibited tourism and trafficking activities in Cuba.
September 02, 2022
A Florida federal judge has consolidated a former Havana port owner's suits against four cruise companies facing a possible damages trial after ruling in March that they engaged in prohibited tourism and trafficking activities in Cuba.
May 13, 2022
A Florida federal judge on Friday denied a bid from four major cruise liners to certify an appeal of a ruling finding they'd violated the Helms-Burton Act by allowing passengers to disembark at a port formerly owned by Havana Docks Corp., saying they haven't shown that their objection to the ruling warrants an interlocutory appeal.
January 26, 2022
Four major cruise lines have asked a Florida federal court to refuse a former Cuban port owner's demand for a jury trial in its case claiming they violated federal law by docking ships in Havana, saying a magistrate judge wrongly recommended that the jury demand is viable.
January 12, 2022
Carnival, MSC Cruises, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean asked a Florida federal court Wednesday to end four suits accusing them of violating the Helms-Burton Act by docking their ships in a port in Havana, arguing that they were operating under licenses issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
September 21, 2021
Carnival, MSC Cruises, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean jointly asked a Florida federal judge to quickly resolve lawsuits against each of them over a disputed Cuban port, arguing the claims "incredibly" come after former President Barack Obama encouraged travel to Cuba.
August 28, 2020
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings must turn over documents related to its use of a dock in the Port of Havana after a Florida magistrate judge found its objections to discovery pertaining to other Cuban ports to be "oversimplified."
June 26, 2020
A Florida judge rejected Carnival Corp.'s Eleventh Circuit appeal on Friday, finding that the circuit court doesn't need to decide what liability companies have for trafficking property stolen by the Cuban government before litigation concludes in the district court.
June 23, 2020
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday denied Norwegian Cruise Line's bid to bring an appeal before the Eleventh Circuit related to her orders in a lawsuit alleging the cruise line trafficked in stolen property, ruling the request did not meet the "high threshold" required.
May 12, 2020
A former Cuban port owner has asked a Florida federal judge to deny requests by four cruise lines to bring a question before the Eleventh Circuit related to earlier orders in separate suits alleging the cruise lines trafficked in stolen property, saying the question is case-specific and not a controlling question of law.