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Legal teams for Deepwater Horizon plaintiffs bill for 527,000 hours of work
NEW ORLEANS – Attorneys for the plaintiffs steering committee (PSC) in the multidistrict class-action litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill have asked the presiding judge to approve $600 million in attorney and common plaintiff benefit fees, saying the reimbursement is warranted given the case's staggering scope and complexity.
New honorary consul hopes to be ‘connection’ between state, Germany
NEW ORLEANS – Sixteen years after first arriving in Louisiana to continue her legal studies at Tulane University, Susanne Veters is the state's new honorary consul for the Federal Republic of Germany.
Justice of the peace candidate's campaign goals: Integrity, access in Ascension Parish
GONZALES – Pam Alonso lists two main goals in her campaign to become Ascension Parish's next justice of the peace: Restore a greater level of respect to the office; and make the legal system more accessible to the community.