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Living in the era of Rule B

Bruce Paulsen and Paula Odysseos, of Seward & Kissel LLP, offer some guidance for parties and banks in prosecuting, defending and avoiding attachments

This article seeks to briefly explain Rule B, the US maritime attachment statute. Rule B may be found in a supplemental section of the federal rules of Civil Procedure for US district courts.

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