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
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Japan Limits Restrictions on Foreign Arbitration Counsel
The Japanese Diet has passed amendments to the law governing lawyers to permit foreign attorneys to represent clients at international arbitrations in Japan. These amendments are aimed at drawing more international arbitrations to Japan, where ...
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Liability Limitations
Why is it important to protect yourself when you purchase technology assets? When a business purchases, licenses or outsources technology-based products and services, it is often presented with the seller's standard form agreement, which contains ...
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Maritime Defendants Now Have Right to Jury Trial in Louisiana State Court
Several years ago, the Louisiana Legislature passed Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure article 1732(6), which effectively provided that only the plaintiff in a maritime matter filed in a Louisiana state court had the right to determine if the case ...
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Maritime Gaming & Available Tort Remedies
It's back! Riverboat Gambling and Dockside Gaming has returned with a spectacular bang. In April of 1991, Iowa pioneered the first riverboat casino in decades. (1). Quick to follow suit, Illinois and Mississippi joined in the race to capture a share ...
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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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Maritime Personal Injury Venue
When considering venue issues involving maritime personal injury claims, it is critical to make an initial determination regarding whether the claim will be controlled by maritime law, as opposed to any specific federal legislation such as Outer ...
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