How 38 Monks Took on the Funeral Cartel and Won

There is a great article appearing in the Atlantic written by Conor Friedersdorf on the monks at Saint Joseph Abbey in Covington, Louisiana and their legal battle which they had to take to Federal Court to win the right to manufacture caskets.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.

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Pearl A. Robertson

Pearl Roberson is a partner at Irvino, Avin & Hawkins based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her practice focuses on mass tort and/or class action litigation, including products liabilit, consumer class action, drug and device litigation, and public nuisance. Most of her work relates to pre-trial discovery matters, including ESI disputes, discovery negotiations, confidentiality challenges. and privilege negotiations and challenges

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