Hurricane Katrina
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Barack Obama, Christopher Christie, Disasters / Emergencies, Election 2012, Hurricane Katrina, Politics
How Lawyers Would Botch The Zombie Apocalypse
When we suffer the zombie apocalypse, if we continue to place executive power in the hands of lawyers, we're all screwed.... -
Crime, Gay, Hurricane Katrina, Lawyer of the Day, Plaintiffs Firms, Politics, Richard Scruggs, Sex Scandals, White-Collar Crime
Lawyer of the Day: Dickie Scruggs
Yesterday the FBI executed a search warrant on the Scruggs Law Firm in Oxford, Mississippi — the shop of high-flying plaintiffs’ lawyer Dickie Scruggs. It wasn’t immediately clear what investigation the search was related to. Here’s some commentary on the situation that we enjoyed, from David Rossmiller (in brackets, following excerpt from news article): “This […] - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
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Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans
Katrina + 2 Years = A Rebuilt Legal System In New Orleans?
This week marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The news has been full of reports about the status of the affected areas, particularly New Orleans, two years later. Most of them have not been good; here are a few examples: “Bitterness lingers 2 years after Katrina” [AP via Yahoo!] “Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast Struggling 2 […]
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Crime, Deaths, Gambling / Gaming, Hurricane Katrina, Intellectual Property, Morning Docket, Patents, Prisons, Sports, Trials
Morning Docket: 05.04.07
* No do-over for Vonage. [c|net via How Appealing] * Legislature approves $5 million settlement in Florida boot camp death case. [CNN] * Katrina wrongful death claims blown away by judge. [Jurist] * Reno trial lawyer faces his own trial. [Reno Gazette-Journal] * Fen-Phen plaintiffs have a horse in Saturday’s race. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Crime, Family Law, Hurricane Katrina, Morning Docket, Politics, Trials, Videos, Violence
Morning Docket: 01.12.07
* Jury selection begins in Atlanta courthouse shooting case. [Fulton County Daily Report ] * Jury rocks State Farm like a hurricane (complete with both wind and storm surge damage), awards $2.5 million in punitive damages. [CNN] * Houses passes stem cell bill; President promises a veto. [Jurist] * Second rule of Fight Club: Don’t […]
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Animal Law, Breasts, Cyberlaw, Defamation, Free Speech, Hurricane Katrina, Media and Journalism, New Orleans, Non-Sequiturs, Sexual Harassment
Non-Sequiturs: 12.11.06
* I think I may be the only New Yorker who regularly watches local channel NY1 — I just can’t get enough of Pat Kiernan’s deadpan delivery, especially of the more frivolous items. What would he say (and too bad he can’t) about this doctored photo of his colleague “BBB”? [New York Post via Gothamist] […] -
9/11, Boring Stuff, Cellphones, Federal Government, HP, Hurricane Katrina, Jeanine Pirro, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Tort Reform, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 09.29.06
* Senate approves broad new rules to try detainees. [New York Times; Bashman linkwrap] * Senate House grandstands over Hewlett-Packard as most witnesses take Fifth; libertarians celebrate that time wasted is time not spent passing new appropriations. [New York Times; WaPo] * Verizon Wireless piles on against H-P. [WSJ Law Blog] * Observers suggest Supreme […]
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Antonin Scalia, Hurricane Katrina, Kenneth Starr, New Orleans, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Morning Docket: 8.30.06
* The number of women clerking at the Supreme Court has fallen to the lowest level since 1994. It’s all Scalia’s fault. Oh wait, no it isn’t — he never hires women anyway. [New York Times] * Former Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr has asked the Supreme Court to hear the appeal of a high school […]