Maritime Law

Maritime law practitioners understand the various challenges facing the maritime and admiralty legal community, from varied business concerns to emerging regulatory requirements. Whether you represent a seaman or seawoman injured on a vessel in international waters pursuing a workers’ compensation claim, or could use assistance in determining admiralty jurisdiction for a commercial cruise line, FindLaw’s Corporate Counsel Center Law Library has a collection of articles to assist your practice. Check out developments in the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) or how the Emergency National Flood Insurance Program can help your client receive a limited amount of insurance at less than actuarial rates. Click on the links below to learn more.

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Maritime Law Articles

How the Emergency National Flood Insurance Program Works

FindLaw's overview of the National Flood Insurance Program managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and ways in which communities can become eligible or lose their eligibility under the program.

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New Permits Expand Wetlands Regulation-Half Acre or Less Now Regulated

Findlaw's discussion on the The United States Army Corps of Engineers regulation of wetlands that are 1/10 of an acre or more through the use of Nationwide Permits.

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Recent Changes in Canadian Transportation Law

FindLaw's review of the history of Canadian transportation law and regulation as well as statutory obligations regarding the establishment trust accounts and the requirement to hold funds in trust for the benefit of carriers performing transportation services.

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The Seaman’s Entitlement to Maintenance, Cure and Unearned Wages

Injured seamen have rights beyond traditional workers' compensation benefits. Generally, injured workers are entitled to payment for related medical treatment, payment for loss of wages during the period of disability, and, ultimately, a permanent ...
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Migratory Bird Rule Upheld

On October 7, 1999, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' migratory bird rule. In the case of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, No. 94 ...
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More On Maintenance

I. The origins of the general maritime law remedy of maintenance and cure have dealt with extensively elsewhere, but it is of interest to note that Article VII of the Laws of Oleron required that the master take an ill seaman to shore and provide ...
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Myths and Facts About the National Flood Insurance

Who needs flood insurance? . And everyone in a participating community of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) can buy flood insurance. Nationwide more than 18,500 communities have joined the Program. In some instances people have been told ...
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National Flood Insurance Program

In 1968, Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in response to the rising cost of taxpayer funded disaster relief for flood victims and the increasing amount of damage caused by floods. The NFIP makes Federally-backed flood ...
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National Vessel Documentation

Vessel documentation is a national form of registration. It is one of the oldest functions of Government, dating back to the 11th Act of the First Congress. Documentation provides conclusive evidence of nationality for international purposes ...
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Nationwide Permit Program Revised by Army Corps of Engineers

On March 9, 2000, the Corps of Engineers issued a final notice in the Federal Register announcing five new Nationwide Permits (NWPs) and modifications to six existing NWPs. 65 Fed. Reg. 12818 et seq. This notice was the last step in the process ...
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