The power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy left the streets of Lower Manhattan uncommonly dark and empty on Halloween last year. Photo by Jannis Tobias Werner/Shutterstock.com.
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Laura Rosenberg didn’t think it was unreasonable for her small law firm in lower Manhattan to be without phone service a week after New York City was hit hard by…
Thanks to a liberal telecommuting policy, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office remained productive during a two-day government shutdown for Hurricane Sandy.
Patent office director David Kappos says patent and…
New York prosecutors aren’t saying whether they will file charges against a Twitter user who tweeted false news of Hurricane Sandy, including an assertion that the New York Stock Exchange…
Hurricane Sandy has had a tremendous impact on the week’s events for those who were caught in its path or worried from afar about loved ones living in affected areas.…
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Although losses this week from Hurricane Sandy, which hit the Northeast hardest, are still being calculated, it appears that they will likely dwarf the billions racked up by Hurricane Irene,…
A few lawyers and paralegals at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s New York headquarters made it to work on Monday, even though the office was officially closed for Hurricane Sandy. One…
As residents and businesses all along the East Coast are braced to deal with an expected hurricane of “Frankenstorm” proportions, the American Bar Association and its member attorneys have been…
If you’re waiting out what could be one of the most devastating storms in the United States’ recent history, 1 First St. NE may not be the worst place to…
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