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Morning Roundup

Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, November 19 and this is your quick look back at the headlines. A judge in Louisiana held that the US Army is liable for some Katrina damage… Google debuts its new case law database…. Winston & Strawn has two new offices in Asia… David Hamilton is getting his up or down vote [...]

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Judge Holds Army Responsbile for Katrina Flooding in New Orleans

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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Judge Holds Army Responsbile for Katrina Flooding in New Orleans

The flooding of the lower 9th ward of Louisiana and the neighboring St. Bernard Parish was a man made disaster caused by shoddy oversight of the MR-GO navigational channel by the US Army Corps of Engineers, according to a judge in Louisiana. The judge has awarded plaintiffs $720,000 in a decision released late Wednesday [...]

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