“Law and lawyers post-Katrina”

Among its other horrific effects, the hurricane is going to pose a perhaps unprecedented challenge to the resilience of a state legal system, by inundating or otherwise destroying the records of many of Louisiana’s busiest courts, law firms and other participants in the legal process. Prof. Bainbridge has details (Aug. 31). More: Texas Lawyer reports […]

Among its other horrific effects, the hurricane is going to pose a perhaps unprecedented challenge to the resilience of a state legal system, by inundating or otherwise destroying the records of many of Louisiana’s busiest courts, law firms and other participants in the legal process. Prof. Bainbridge has details (Aug. 31). More: Texas Lawyer reports that the administrators of the Fifth Circuit courthouse in New Orleans prudently had staffers bring some files up to the second floor as the storm approached.

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