April 4/Web+New York: Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013

Superstorm Sandy. Hurricane Katrina. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. 9/11. Disasters of extraordinary severity have occurred over the last several years. This PLI program will provide a detailed review of the many legal issues that affect clients as a result of a catastrophe. An understanding of these issues will help attorneys prepare their clients even before an event occurs, when drafting leases, real estate agreements or commercial contracts.
This program will provide the most up to date information to help attorneys advise their clients to prepare for and address legal issues arising from a catastrophe:

• Mandatory evacuation orders and their consequences
• FEMA, state and local emergency response measures
• Municipal authority to condemn housing, remove debris and charge property owners
• FEMA and other government benefits and services
• Commercial and residential real estate litigation resulting from a disaster, including issues relating to the landlord’s duty to repair, lease termination, rent payment obligations, tenant abandonment and eviction, buyer/renter remorse, loss of utility service claims
• Loss of certificate of occupancy, remedies and consequences, and rebuilding
• Breach of contract claims arising from breaches caused by the disaster
• Environmental claims, cleanup obligations and litigation
• First responder health and safety issues
• Disposal and recycling of construction and demolition materials, soil, mud, and sand; electronics; white goods; vehicles and marine vessels; building contents; biological wastes; chemicals and mixtures
• Land use, zoning and other planning measures to encourage location-appropriate development

Who should attend:
Attorneys who advise individual, business or government clients with respect to real estate or commercial contracts or environmental issues, and attorneys who litigate claims or seek government benefits or redress relating to a catastrophe such as Hurricane Sandy.
Title:
Catastrophe and the Law: What Lawyers Need to Know to Advise Clients to Prepare and Respond to Disasters 2013
When/Where:
April 4, 2013
9:00 AM Eastern
6:00 AM Pacific
New York, NY
Also Webcast
Credit:
3 or more credits in most jurisdictions
Seakers:

• Chair: Philip E. Karmel ~ Bryan Cave LLP
• Luise Barrack ~ Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.
• Robert R. Desir ~ The Legal Aid Society
• J. Kevin Healy ~ Partner, Bryan Cave LLP
• Sumani Lanka ~ The Legal Aid Society
• Lai Sun Yee ~ Former Assistant Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security for New York State,
• Program Attorney: Meghan K. Carney ~ Program Attorney, Practising Law Institute

By:
Practising Law Institute

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