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Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, LTD.

  1. January 03, 2023

    4 Cruise Cos. Ordered To Pay $440M For Cuba Port Use

    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.

  2. September 02, 2022

    Cruise Cos. Face Damages Trial In Cuban Dock Fight

    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.

  3. May 13, 2022

    Cruise Cos. Can't Appeal Cuba Trafficking Ruling

    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.

  4. January 26, 2022

    4 Cruise Lines Oppose Jury Demand In Havana Docks Case

    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.

  5. January 12, 2022

    4 Cruise Lines Ask For End To Havana Dock Suits

    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.

  6. September 21, 2021

    Cruise Line Quartet Request Quick Wins In Havana Dock Suits

    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.

  7. July 13, 2021

    Cruise Co. Evidence Fights With Havana Docks Are Resolved

    Two federal magistrate judges in Miami have handed down decisions in answer to a slew of evidence production fights in a former Cuban port owner's lawsuits accusing Carnival Corp. and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. of trafficking in stolen property by using docks nationalized in 1960 by Fidel Castro's regime.

  8. June 24, 2021

    Fla. Judge To Examine If Royal Caribbean Docs Are Privileged

    A Florida magistrate judge has ordered Royal Caribbean to provide her copies of exchanges with its alleged legal counsel COMAR SA — accused of being an arm of the Cuban government — to determine whether disputed documents were created under attorney-client privilege.

  9. August 28, 2020

    Norwegian Co. Must Turn Over Docs In Cuban Dock Row

    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."

  10. June 26, 2020

    Carnival Can't Halt Cuban Dock Fight For 11th Circ. Appeal

    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.