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February 13, 2013 | Inside Counsel

9 noteworthy in-house career moves

Charting some of the most recent GC and in-house appointments
23 minute read
January 23, 2013 | FC&S Insurance

Policy’s Assault and Battery Exclusion Bars Coverage for Club Patron Shot by Security Guard

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision that an assault and battery exclusion in a club’s…
3 minute read
November 27, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

ADAAA could soon protect pregnant workers

EEOC spotlights pregnancy accommodation in draft strategic plan
7 minute read
September 27, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Intrusive Courts

Reed Russell, a partner at Phelps Dunbar, says the 5th Circuit decision in Martin v. Spring Break ’83 Productions is a welcome change from what…
3 minute read
September 23, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Unsupervised FLSA agreements valid if plaintiffs have lawyers, know their rights

5th Circuit rules in first private FLSA settlement case in 30 years
14 minute read
November 30, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

5th Circuit

Gulf Coast Legal Community Recovers From Katrina
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February 20, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Five Months After Katrina's Landfall, New Orleans Lawyers Still in Limbo

Five months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, where it's estimated that half of all attorneys work as solos or in small firms, lawyers are still dealing with the aftermath and facing the biggest challenge of their careers. Some are struggling simply to make a living in a town where much of their client base has disappeared. But other attorneys have found their more familiar caseload replaced by disputes arising from the destruction. Says one: "Everything's in limbo."
14 minute read
August 30, 2010 | National Law Journal

Beyond Katrina

Thousands of New Orleans attorneys saw their professions upended when the levees broke after Hurricane Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005, and flooded the city. In January 2006, the NLJ interviewed several New Orleans lawyers who were piecing together their practices. Nearly five years later, those attorneys maintain a powerful devotion to New Orleans — a place that keeps reminding them that uncertainty is the only sure thing.
7 minute read
February 16, 2006 | Daily Report Online

New Orleans: Firms open for business, but clients lacking

NEW YORK-Walk along the main streets of New Orleans' French Quarter and you will find restaurants and bars ready for business, with music spilling out of their open doors. Tables are set, ceiling fans are churning and servers stand poised for customers. A few blocks away, in the business district, the town's streetcars have begun again to lumber past upscale shops, the Aquarium of the Americas and Harrah's casino.
14 minute read
August 30, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Beyond Katrina

Gary Elkins has become well acquainted with Washington red tape. Taking on a lobbying role, pro bono, for still-struggling New Orleans, he has watched while financial incentives threatened to sunset just as development started to reawaken after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast five years ago.
7 minute read

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