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.
March 23, 2022
Four major cruise liners engaged in prohibited tourism and trafficking activities in violation of the Helms-Burton Act when they allowed passengers to disembark at a Havana port owned by a U.S.-based company the Cuban government confiscated in 1960, a Florida federal judge has ruled.
February 22, 2022
A Florida federal judge has adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to grant a former Cuban port owner's request for a jury trial in its suits accusing four major cruise lines of violating the Helms-Burton Act when they docked ships in Havana, finding the dispute should be decided by a jury.
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.
October 05, 2021
A Florida federal judge denied Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' request to reopen deposition in a suit brought by Havana Docks Corp. over a disputed Cuban port, ruling that it would be too onerous three days before discovery proceedings closed.
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.
May 10, 2021
A Florida federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. to produce its correspondences with the Cuban government and documents pertaining to its lobbying and political strategy, largely siding with a Cuban dock company in a stolen property trafficking suit.