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When Hurricane Sandy struck the east coast of the United States on Oct. 29, it didn’t take lawyers in New York long to organize a way to help victims of the superstorm with an expanding range of legal issues. Bar associations in the state as well as some of the biggest law firms in New York are recruiting attorneys to offer pro bono legal assistance to New Yorkers whose lives and property were devastated by the storm – the second …

Superstorm Sandy struck the East Coast with a vengeance last week, unleashing heavy winds and flooding that wrecked the Jersey Shore, battered New York City and left millions without electricity. The storm left unprecedented destruction up and down the Atlantic seaboard: At least 110 people were killed and 8 million left without electricity in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy’s passage through the United States Residential communities on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island were nearly wiped out by surging waves and …

Hurricane Sandy is putting a beatdown on the North Atlantic states today, with flooding and wind damage already occurring in some areas and the storm expected to intensify into the evening. Some 60 million people live in the hurricane’s path, while New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and other cities have all but shut down for the duration of the storm. Homeowners and renters hopefully have already hunkered down with enough food, water and emergency supplies to ride out the storm …

With Hurricane Isaac touching down on several southern states, Gulf Coast residents once again face the prospect of severe property damage. Heavy winds and torrential downpours conspire to wreck houses, swamp vehicles and put lives in danger. Fortunately, insurance policies should cover much of the damage, as long as homeowners know their policies and are willing to act to protect their interests. Isaac is on an eerily similar trajectory to Hurricane Katrina, which infamously brought wreckage to New Orleans and …

Religious organizations are up in arms over a federal law that now requires them to provide preventive contraceptive services they don’t agree with in their employee health plans. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (informally known as Obamacare) includes a requirement that employer  health plans cover preventive contraception services with no cost-sharing for employees. While that might seem like a welcome relief to female employees who couldn’t afford birth control before, some religious organizations, and even for-profit companies, are trying …