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Democratization of Mass Tort Litigation: Judicial Management to Enhance Claimants' Participation and Control

The fair and efficient management of a mass tort litigation must be the trial judge’s primary objective. Learn how the judge presiding over the litigation resulting from the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center conducted more than 13,000 cases in a manner to expedite disposition and promote justice

Enhancing Workplace Safety and Health Response: Proactive and Reactive Practices

The lessons learned by a former chair of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from his experiences with Hurricane Katrina can help lawyers and clients plan for a potential disaster .

Employment Issues When Disaster Strikes

In addition to protecting property, business, and employees from unnecessary harm, an employer facing a natural or man-made disaster must also consult with labor and employment counsel to protect itself from violating such federal employment laws as the NLRA, WARN, FLSA, and USERRA

Two Degrees of Separation: Defining Your Supply Chain Is the Key to Defining Coverage

Two Degrees of Separation: Defining Your Supply Chain Is the Key to Defining Coverage

Consequential Damages Resulting from an Insurer’s Breach of Contract

In a key decision with impact beyond the state, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that an insurer’s breach of contract allows recovery for consequential damages without bad faith if they are the foreseeable result of the breach, even if not specifically contemplated by the parties at the time the policy was issued

The Little Executive Board That Can: How the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Has Changed FEMA’s Public Appeals Program

Following Hurricane Katrina, FEMA’s protracted appeals process delayed a decision for historic Charity Hospital in New Orleans for nearly five years until the hospital requested arbitration and received a decision from the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals just four months later. Learn how the CBCA has both accelerated the Katrina and Rita arbitration process and leveled the playing field