Chris Hannan, a partner in the Maritime Practice Group, authored the article "Fifth Circuit shapes offshore contract jurisprudence" published by Marine Log on May 5, 2026. In the article, Chris focused on the two-part Doiron framework developed by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for determining whether service contracts in offshore energy projects are maritime or non-maritime, which affects whether and how indemnity and additional insured obligations under such contracts may be enforceable. He explored a developing line of recent Fifth Circuit cases to illustrate how the two-part Doiron analysis is evolving and where the tidelines may shift for maritime contract boundaries.