Hurricane Katrina

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According to two articles in the Baton Rouge Advocate this morning, some courts and/or judges affected by the hurricane are temporarily relocating as follows:

1. The Louisiana Supreme Court will be housed with the First Circuit Court of Appeal

2. Three Eastern District judges — Chief Judge Helen G. Berrigan, and Judges Sarah Vance and…

According to its Web site, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana has issued a notice and ordered that U.S. Eastern District (New Orleans) filings may be made at the U.S. Middle District in Baton Rouge or U.S. Western District in Lafayette. Due to computer problems, the Middle District is not…

Hurricane Katrina will undoubtedly go down in history as the worst natural disaster to hit the United States. The current estimated cost to repair damage from Hurricane Katrina caused has reached $50.0 billion, much of which may be covered by insurance. Hurricane Katrina will have enormous impact on policyholders and their insurers in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Policyholders will need to act carefully and in some cases promptly to protect their rights under insurance policies providing coverage for environmental claims, business interruption claims, property loss claims, and general liability claims.
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Kean Miller Hawthorne D’Armond McCowan & Jarman (Kean Miller) donated $10,000 today to help fund the initial development of the United Way Command Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The United Way Command Center has been established to efficiently and effectively meet the human service needs of Hurricane Katrina victims in the 10 parishes served by Capital Area United Way (CAUW).
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Heroic efforts are underway to rescue, house, and comfort hundreds of thousands of people affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. As our thoughts turn toward rebuilding and renewal, we can only wonder what the future holds for the city of New Orleans.

To that end, Dr. George Friedman, Chairman of Stratfor, the world’s largest privately held intelligence company, recently authored a thought-provoking article on the rebuilding of New Orleans as it relates to the national — and global — economy. Read the article.
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On September 2nd, officials with the Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans decided to temporarily move the court to Houston, Texas. The Fifth Circuit hears federal appeals from Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana and was housed in the John Minor Wisdom Courthouse in New Orleans.

The court is expected to begin operations in Houston on September 14 and remain there for approximately 60 days before relocating to Baton Rouge, Louisiana according to news reports quoting Chief Judge Carolyn King.
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To our friends, clients and colleagues —

We deeply appreciate all of the calls, e-mails and concern expressed by our clients, contacts and friends in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Because our headquarters are in Baton Rouge, we were spared the brunt of the damage and devastation being experienced by our friends in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast. Thankfully, our Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, and Plaquemine offices were not affected.
Continue Reading MESSAGE TO CLIENTS, CONTACTS AND FRIENDS CONCERNING HURRICANE KATRINA

Per its website at http://www.laed.uscourts.gov, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has closed until further notice, and has suspended “all deadlines and delays in matters pending before this court…until ordered otherwise.”