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Many of you may have heard the news regarding Saints defensive end Bobby McCray and his recent arrest. McCray was arrested early Tuesday after an officer pulled him over for speeding. After refusing to take […]

The Saints are winning! The Sugarbowl is here! And with a new year looming in the air and New Year’s Eve festivities commencing, it is much too easy to fall prey to too much drinking. […]

The Grinch Who Tried to Steal Christmas A man in Violet stole Christmas presents from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. He was booked with him burglary of a religious building and a parole violation […]

House Bill 445 by Rep. Damon Baldone, D-Houma, went into effect at midnight, doubling from six months to a year the length of time drivers can lose their license for refusing a first-time test. Subsequent […]

Everyone at Bloom Legal wishes all the visitors and locals a happy and safe Festival weekend.- Seth Bloom

Arrested or given a citation in New Orleans over the holidays? During the New Year’s and Sugar Bowl seasons many partiers found themselves in Orleans Parish Prison with court dates in Orleans Parish Municipal or […]

Once again Louisiana, Texas and the Gulf south have experienced another rough Hurricane season. At this time many commercial property owners as well as personal home owners are beginning to have trouble with their insurance […]

According to the Times Picayune this morning and the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office an impaired drivers checkpoint will be conducted at an undisclosed location between 6 tonight until 6 Friday morning. This should be […]

Last week Ray Boudreaux Jr., 23, a former Tulane football player was found guilty for attempted manslaughter and is subject to 60 years in prison. In September 2007, According to the Times Picayune, Bourdeaux was […]

The Times Picaynue is reporting about the dissatisfaction of some folk who are plaintiffs in the case against ExxonMobil (and other big oil companies) for contaminating land near the Harvey Canal … and it is just […]

For most folk, when you think about drunk driving the worst case scenario is seeing those flashing red lights behind you, and knowing that you’re about to be taken down to jail with your license […]

Today’s Times-Picayune has a nice, big story about Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price driving his SUV (a Ford Expedition owned by the city, by the way) into a toll booth barrier a little before midnight on April 22nd […]

Since Katrina, there hasn’t been access to crime information for locals like folk in other parts of the country get all the time.  For example, over in San Antonio, anyone interested in the number of […]

This week, a bill was passed in the Louisiana House of Representatives that bans talking on handheld cellphones (and text messaging) when you’re driving.  This isn’t law yet — it still has to meet with Senate […]

In Louisiana, you only get so much time to file your lawsuit.  If you miss this deadline, then it doesn’t matter how valid your claim is – or how horrible the evildoer defendant is, or how […]

Last month, the latest crime statistics for 2007 were released by the NOLA Police, and the national media jumped right on it. Seems the stats showed a 25% jump in violent crime over the past […]

If you haven’t heard it before now, then here it is: no DUI – DWI defense attorney is going to recommend that you voluntarily take a Breathalizer test when you’re pulled over for suspicion of […]

BloomLegal’s entry into representing cruise line injury victims brings with it all sorts of interesting tidbits of information, such as: 1.  Cruise Ships aren’t Made in U.S.A.  While it may sound down-right unpatriotic that most […]