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New Orleans’ mayor Mitch Landrieu says his office is teaming up with state and federal officials to make this weekend’s events go as smoothly and as safely as possible. On Saturday, the city will host the first...

Attorney Seth Bloom of Bloom Legal Network LLC in New Orleans, LA explains the new trend of DWT (Driving While Texting) citations. Many jurisdictions across the country and in New Orleans and Metairie in particular are...

Happy New Year from everyone at Bloom Legal Network! Remember that although the Holiday Season (which this year in New Orleans includes New Year’s, the BCS Championship, and the Final Four right around the corner) can...

Visitors and citizens alike will see a largely increased NOPD presence downtown as the city celebrates New Year’s Eve and hosts the Sugar Bowl and BCS Championship games in the coming week. Starting December 31st and...

As many as 40 percent of people that receive traffic tickets from New Orleans’ controversial system of cameras never pay them, according to records and city officials. In fact, the unpaid balance of over 5,000 speeding

Bloom Legal Network wants to wish everyone a very happy holiday, and a happy New Year, from my family to yours. I hope everyone has a great 2012, and a safe one at that. We have a lot going on in the city of New Orleans over

Welcome back. Today, we have a big announcement. A couple months ago, we had such a need to see our Jefferson Parish clients that we actually opened a new office. We’re now we’re at 501 North Causeway Boulevard,...

Recently there has been a topic in the news that is the first of it’s kind, and it has some really serious consequences: Operating a vehicle while on a cell phone. Although some people can perfect this, other cannot. Right

If Glen David Andrews’ cousin had not brought his pit bull along for the ride, the New Orleans’ musician would have been one of the victims robbed at gunpoint outside a Capital One Monday morning. At 8:45 a.m....

Randal Todd, a western Pennsylvania judge was charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol after Mt. Lebanon police said he caused a minor accident Dec. 16. Police said the 56-year-old Allegheny County judge...

Trade website, Insurance.com recently released a list of the top 20 cities for DUI citations in the country. Surprisingly to some, New Orleans has not made the list and 3 of the top 5 cities are in California: 1. San Diego 2.

Texans arrested for drunk driving should prepare to roll up their sleeves for a blood test this holiday season. Cities and counties across the state are increasingly demanding that drunken driving suspects who refuse to take

A former Bossier City police officer was arrested on Frenchman in late November after a road-rage incident in which he allegedly pointed a gun at a cab driver’s face and claimed to still be a police officer while he was

A 9-year-old boy in North Carolina was suspended after calling a teacher “cute,” WSOCTV.com reports. The boy’s mother, Chiquita Lockett, said the principal of Brookside Elementary in Gastonia called her...

Robert Barrios, a former New Orleans police officer who was involved in the Danziger Bridge shooting in Katrina’s aftermath, was sentenced to five years in federal prison Thursday. On September 4th, 2005, Mr. Barrios...

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will hold a press conference this afternoon at 3:30 pm (CST) to announce the city’s plans with regard to the Occupy camp that has taken up residence in Duncan Plaza across from City...

It finally looks like the 150-day NBA lockout will be coming to an end, after both owners and players tentatively agreed to a deal early Saturday morning that would split basketball-related income roughly 50/50 among both...

The police chief and two unidentified officers at UC Davis have been placed on administrative leave following a pepper spraying incident the University of California system president says he is “appalled” by. Cell