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Mickael Behn

Mickael Behn

President, Havana Docks Corporation

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Supreme Court revives Cuba confiscation claims against cruise lines

Rule Changes

Lead plaintiff

For 23 years after Congress passed the Helms-Burton Act, every president from Clinton to Obama waived Americans' right to sue companies for using property Cuba seized in 1959. Thursday's 8-1 Supreme Court ruling reinstated the right to sue and revived a $440 million judgment against four cruise lines that docked in Havana between 2016 and 2019.

Updated May 22