Category Archives: Legal Policy

Republished from elsewhere! How to Collaborate Effectively With Lawyers During a Crisis By Eric Stern, Gregory Saathoff and Brad Kieserman Emergency Management March 12, 2012 http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/How-to-Collaborate-Effectively-Wit h-Lawyers.html Stafford Act disasters, like other forms of crises, place inhumanly difficult demands on … Continue reading →

Dear colleagues,   Lloyd Burton (University of Colorado Denver) and I are co-hosting a new Collaborative Research Network (CRN) on the “Jurisprudence of Disasters” under the auspices of the Law and Society Association.  The purpose of the CRN (and its associated website) … Continue reading →

Well the one year mark since the catastrophe passes. BP has through US tax code and its credits and deduction largely shifted its first year costs to the US taxpayer. And with BP filing suits and cross-claims against other entities … Continue reading →

In a follow-on to the March 21st earlier post on the President’s War Powers  Steve Aftergood of FAS [Federation of American Scientists] writes in his blog Secrecy News: NO-FLY ZONES: CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONGRESS The decision to impose a no-fly zone … Continue reading →

Should you find it strange that the two most important legal memos ever sent FEMA management by the Office of the General Counsel [when FEMA independent] or the Office of the Chief Counsel since FEMA wrapped into DHS were sent … Continue reading →