A Maritime Lien Can Ensure That You Get Paid For Your Hard Work
Every day, individuals and companies across the Gulf Coast provide valuable services or goods to vessels and their owners. These folks rightfully expected to get paid for their work, but sometimes a vessel’s owner will either fail to meet their obligations or otherwise try to nickel and dime a vendor, laborer, or service provider into accepting less than they are entitled to. Fortunately, maritime law provides powerful tools that can help protect creditors who are owed money for goods and services – or “necessaries” — they supply to Gulf Coast vessels. …
Title Insurance: Protecting Yourself From Property Ownership Disputes
If you own a home, you no doubt have homeowner’s insurance. Like car insurance, life insurance, and most other types of insurance, homeowner’s insurance is there to protect you from losses that you may suffer as a result of a problem or catastrophe that happens to your home or other structure in the future. But there is one kind of insurance that is specifically designed to address problems that exist at the time the policy comes into effect. …
