Disasters

Posted On: January 3, 2007 by Jim Butler

Hotel Lawyer -- Top Picks for 2006

By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
3 January 2007

Hotel Lawyer -- Top Picks of 2006. Yes, 2006 has been a record year for many in the hospitality industry, and for the hotel lawyers at Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP. As we have already given our Outlook for 2007, we thought it might be interesting to look back on our Top Pick articles from 2006 from www.HotelLawBlog.com.

The Top Picks articles are organized by the major TOPICS on the Blog. We generally tried to select just the top two or three articles for each TOPIC. It was a major struggle to decide where to make the cutoff. If you want more information on a particular TOPIC, you can go to www.HotelLawBlog.com, and search for all articles on that TOPIC. To do that, just scroll down the right hand side, and below the (free) subscription and RSS Feed buttons is the Browse search engine that enables you to sort by TOPIC (or date, or key words, etc.).

Here they are . . .

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Posted On: September 2, 2006 by Jim Butler

After the disaster

By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
2 September 2006

What should you do after a disaster hits? First, call your attorney.

Robert Mangels, one of JMBM's mass disaster and insurance claim experts, says "We can make the biggest contribution to maximize recovery when we are brought into a situation as early as possible. We like to be at 'ground zero' within 24 hours, leading your disaster team to find and preserve critical evidence and offer the protection of the attorney-client privilege for vital and sensitive information gathered by your expert disaster team."

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Posted On: September 1, 2006 by Jim Butler

Disaster Checkup: Are you ready?

By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
1 September 2006

The current hurricane season serves a strong reminder to be prepared for the next disaster. We never know when there might be an earthquake, tornado, fire, flood or riot, but here are a few tips that can make a big difference, especially when taken before the disaster strikes:

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