Edmonson says the extra troopers will help the department from Friday through Tuesday as the city expects an influx of thousands of visitors for the Bayou Classic college football matchup between Grambling State and Southern University and the Monday night Saints football game against the New York Giants.

You can read more here.

The article also reports, “Barbier this week granted in part and denied in part oil spill defendants’ motions to dismiss complaints from the states of Alabama and Louisiana. In a separate ruling, Barbier said BP cannot use Transocean’s liability insurance.”

You can read the full article here.

It’s a great story and a testament to a small group of determined men who fought an industry trying to take away their competition and won.  You can read the full article here.

The local nonprofit began when Emily Bolton, a native of England, graduated from Tulane University Law School and landed a two-year fellowship to review wrongful-conviction claims in Louisiana. With a clear-cut mission, the agency took root in a windowless Uptown office.

Brendan McCarthy at The Times-Picayune has the full story here.

Previously, Justin had been working as a law clerk focusing on multi-district litigation with an emphasis on both the Chinese Drywall and BP Oil Spill litigations.

His practice will continue to work in this area as well as complex personal injury and plaintiff’s work.

We very excited to welcome one of our favorite people to this new position and we look forward to you getting to know him in this new role.

To learn more about Justin, you can read his bio here.

In New Orleans, 45 trailers remained Wednesday in City Council District D, which suffered severe flooding, city records show. Hard-hit District E was home to 34 trailers, followed by District A, with 26 trailers. Districts B and C combined had 33 trailers.

You can read the full article at NOLA.com.

Attorney Russ Herman of the law firm Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar, L.L.P., said the settlement with Interior/Exterior and its insurers is the first settlement in the MDL with a major supplier of the Chinese drywall.

“Following Court approval, Plaintiffs will proceed to trial later this year against Interior/Exterior’s excess insurers who carry more than $72,000,000 in coverage,” Herman said.

You can see the complete article here.

After an exhaustive search, Loyola has chosen María Pabón López , professor of law at Indiana University School of Law and an expert in immigrants’ rights.

We’re excited for this new chapter at Loyola Law School, a powerful institution which has contributed some of the best legal minds to this community, region and country.

You can read the full press release here.

Here are some excerpts from the article:

“I figure it’s BP trying to worm out of paying,” said Matthew Creel, who owns a Carriere, Miss.-based excavation company.

Mike Cook, executive vice president of EMR Inc. of Lawrence, Kansas, said his company is owed more than $2 million for environmental monitoring and other services it provided after the spill.

“I’m really concerned about the littler guys in this deal,” he said.

You can read the full story in the Houston Chronicle.

Here is the opening paragraph and it is a powerful statement from the Republican Attorney General of Alabama:

Gulf Coast Claims Facility Administrator Kenneth Feinberg cannot be trusted. While Feinberg has tried to persuade residents of the Gulf Coast that he works for them — referring to himself as their advocate and friend — he was hired by BP, his law firm is being paid $850,000 a month by BP, and every action he has taken has benefited BP.

It’s interesting to learn Mr. Feinberg lives in New York and flies in a BP-provided corporate jet to do his work which he is paid by BP $850,000 per month.

The article is a very informative, quick read. Here is a link:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2010-12-29-editorial29_ST1_N.htm