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Survival Tips for Sandy From Katrina Experts
Monday morning, the East Coast was hunkering down for the arrival of Sandy, the hurricane that is expected to shut down the Atlantic seaboard for at least 48 hours. Katrina legal technology veterans gave LTN readers some tips to survive the storm.New Orleans' Legal System Still Feeling Pain of Hurricane Katrina
As chairwoman of the board overseeing New Orleans' public defender office, Denise "Denny" LeBoeuf knows the city's legal system is struggling, but talks about it as if it were a miracle waiting to happen. But New Orleans has a way to go before LeBoeuf's "miracle" sees the light of day. A year and a half after Katrina flooded New Orleans, the city's legal system continues to limp along with understaffed courts, a poorly funded public defense system and temporary prison accommodations.Big Easy's court system is still in pain
AS CHAIRWOMAN of the board overseeing New Orleans' public defender office, Denise "Denny" LeBoeuf knows the city's legal system is struggling, but talks about it as if it were a miracle waiting to happen. "I think this is going to be a destination office for young lawyers who want to do public defense in the years to come," said LeBoeuf, a veteran criminal defense attorney.5th Circuit Reinstates Rug Designer's Suit Against Wholesaler
A rug designer has raised issues of fact regarding a wholesaler's access to its copyrighted designs and the degree of similarity between its design and an allegedly infringing rug, a federal appellate court ruled. At issue is Peel & Co.'s "Directoire" rug, designed in 1991. Approximately 4,000 copies of the hand-woven wool rug, priced at $1,000, have sold throughout the United States since 1993.Various defendant groups gear up for trials in Chinese drywall litigation
So far, the multidistrict litigation battle over tainted drywall has focused mostly on Chinese suppliers, but other defendant groups are gearing up for court fights this year, including installers of the construction material.Claims Chief Counters BP's 'Uncorroborated' Fraud Charges
The administrator of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement fund has denied BP PLC's latest allegations of potential fraud among members of an appeals panel that reviews claims and involving an employee in a customer center in Alabama.Claims Chief Denounces BP's 'Uncorroborated' Fraud Charges
The administrator of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement fund has denied BP PLC's latest allegations of potential fraud among members of an appeals panel that reviews claims and involving an employee in a customer center in Alabama.