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Jul 24, 2014

"Every exposure" theory rejected in La. asbestos case

SHREVEPORT (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana federal judge has rejected the “every exposure” theory in an asbestos lawsuit and granted...

Jul 20, 2014

National Watchdog Group Names Louisiana Small Business Owner Mike Carter as Legal Reformer of the Mo

Today’s guest blog post comes to us from Sick of Lawsuits, a national online network of people who are interested in restoring integrity...

Jul 20, 2014

Quin Hillyer Calls Out Levee Board Lawsuit as “Pure Poison”

Columnist for The Advocate Quin Hillyer took to the pages of today’s paper to explain how the attorney “Gladstone Jones is taking...

Jul 17, 2014

$15M earmarked for La.’s Gulf oil spill litigation

BATON ROUGE — Lawmakers added $15 million today to the attorney general’s budget to pay for Louisiana’s ongoing legal case against BP for...

Jul 16, 2014

Judge Orders Lawyers to Repay Portion of Client’s Fraudulent Claim

We’ve been keeping track of fraud in the Gulf litigation and highlighting the abuses in the system – and now a Louisiana-based judge is...

Jul 13, 2014

Legislature and governor have acted against coastal lawsuit, but flood authority lawyer says battle

Gladstone Jones, the lead trial lawyer for a New Orleans flood authority, is gearing up for a protracted legal battle over the...

Jul 13, 2014

Lawyer for levee authority says battle over coastal loss lawsuit is just beginning

When Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a controversial bill retroactively banning the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East from...

Jul 8, 2014

Proud to celebrate transparency and HB 799

Today we are proud to celebrate transparency and the signing of HB 799 with Governor Bobby Jindal and other legal reformers. This...

Jul 8, 2014

VIDEO: Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Struggle to Explain Why Environmental Clean Ups Are So Rare in LA, Despit

In a new WWL series, “Tainted Legacy,” plaintiffs’ lawyers fail to explain why decades of litigation have resulted in many million-dollar...

Jul 8, 2014

“Unbiased” legal expert on Gulf oil spill settlement outed for misleading public, media

The web of cronyism surrounding the Gulf oil spill claims process runs deep. The latest example of this recurring theme is a report from...

Jul 2, 2014

AP: Fed hearing set on parish-v-oil industry suit

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for Plaquemines Parish are set to argue that a lawsuit the parish filed against oil companies over coastal...

Jul 2, 2014

Examiner Editorial: Supreme Court cracks down on the trial lawyer gold mine

A recent US Supreme Court decision in Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fundplaces modest restrictions on out-of-control- securities class...

Jul 2, 2014

Sloppy lawsuit claims process leaves a trail of questionable awards in Gulf spill

Some plaintiff trial lawyers and their clients who were “unjustly enriched” though the oil spill settlement could soon be forced to give...

Jun 29, 2014

Four Years After the Spill, Legal Feeding Frenzy Continues

A recently published Associated Press report published highlights the ongoing fraud and abuse that’s still corrupting the oil spill...

Jun 29, 2014

Environmental lawsuit against 92 energy companies belongs in federal court, judge rules

Oil field canals like these are one of the targets of the environmental damages lawsuit filed by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection...

Jun 27, 2014

Southeast Louisiana flood protection authority-east lawsuit remains in federal court

On Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protections Authority-East Lawsuit, commonly known as the “levee...

Jun 24, 2014

Gov. Jindal signs bill limiting AG use of contingency fee attorneys, creating transparency

On Wednesday, Gov. Bobby Jindal signed into law a bill that will limit the attorney general’s use of contingency fee attorneys on...

Jun 24, 2014

Jindal signs bill limiting Attorney General's use of contingency fee attorneys

BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed a bill into law that limits the attorney general’s ability to engage in contingency fee...

Jun 10, 2014

Another Fisherman Represented by AndryLerner Accused of Fraudulent Claim

Looks like our Louisiana lawyers are going fishing again! A second fisherman, Jarrod A. Burrle has been accused of being represented by a...

Jun 10, 2014

Another fisherman represented by AndryLerner law firm accused of fraudulent BP claim

NEW ORLEANS – A fisherman who was represented by a law firm alleged to have aided in a previous false BP claim on behalf of another...

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