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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Top 10 Facts Every Consumer Needs to Know About the National Flood Insurance Program
Everyone lives in a flood zone.You don't need to live near water to be flooded. Floods are caused by storms, melting snow, hurricanes, and water backup due to inadequate or overloaded drainage systems, dam or levee failure, etc. Flood damage is ...
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance Program
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Efficient, Effective, Consistent PROGRAM DESCRIPTION OCTOBER 1, 1998 Under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as ...
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Defining a Seaman
For most workers injured on the job the only legal remedy is to pursue a workers' compensation claim against their employer. On the other hand, under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. |688 deg., injured seamen are provided with heightened legal protections.1 ...
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Maritime Personal Injury: Recovery Under the Death on the High Seas Act
In September of 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight KE007 was traveling from Anchorage, Alaska to Seoul, South Korea. During the flight, the aircraft strayed into former Soviet Union air space and was shot down over the Sea of Japan. None of the 269 ...
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How to Read A Flood Insurance Rate Map
Floodwaters can endanger both life and property. Thus, it is vital to know where flood hazards exist. A FIRM, a Flood Insurance Rate Map, is the official map of a community on which FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has delineated both ...
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Instead Of Coverage, Did Your Insurance Company Send A Refund?
After years of paying their homeowners insurance, many North Topsail Beach property owners promptly received a check from their insurance company---a REFUND of the prior years' premiums. If you received such a check, you probably stood in shock as ...
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Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution in China
While conducting business in China, foreign companies occasionally find themselves embroiled in disputes with Chinese individuals, companies, or the Chinese Government. The number of cases involving the first two categories far exceeds those of the ...
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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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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Residential Real Estate
CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP represents hundreds of parties in residential real estate closings each year. We have included a few of the more common client questions in this article. 1. Many times our Realtor. and lender friends recommend a ...
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How to Comply With the Federal Hazardous Materials Regulations
By the Capes -- A Primer on U.S. Coastwise Laws Introduction Title I of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 declares, in part, that the national defense and the development of domestic commerce of the United States require a merchant marine sufficient ...