Law firm sends letters to Ochsner and Lourdes requesting withdrawal of vaccine mandates
Letters sent to two Lafayette hospitals on Wednesday are requesting the withdrawal of COVID vaccine mandates for staff and employees....
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Aug 26, 2021
Hearing set for unethical conduct accusations against judge
Fourth Judicial District Court Judge Sharon Marchman will face a hearing of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana Nov. 22-24 over...
Aug 19, 2021
Local Leaders Standing Up to Trial Lawyers’ Coastal Lawsuit Scheme
Now more than ever, Louisiana’s working coast needs the help of its citizens. For generations, the energy industry has served as the...
Aug 16, 2021
Oil and gas defendants fighting abusive coastal suits encouraged by Fifth Circuit Ruling
The recent decision issued by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of oil and gas defendants fighting unfounded coastal...
Aug 15, 2021
Fifth Circuit Sends Chevron Case Back to Federal District Court for Redetermination
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that a lawsuit filed in state court by several Louisiana parishes and the State...
Aug 5, 2021
Attorney representing parishes says all 42 lawsuits likely to be returned to state courts
Lawsuits filed in state court by Plaquemines and Cameron parishes to force oil and gas companies to clean up millions of dollars of...
Aug 4, 2021
Oil, Gas Companies Granted Redo in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits
Chevron USA, Exxon Mobil Corp., and others will get another chance at moving lawsuits by Louisiana parishes seeking billions for coastal...
Aug 4, 2021
Jurisdictional question revived in suits over coastal loss
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The question of whether lawsuits blaming big oil companies for loss of vulnerable Louisiana coastal wetlands will be...
Aug 1, 2021
Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents in Order to Defraud Insurance
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA– United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GENETTA ISREAL (“ISREAL”), age 53, of Houston, Texas, pled...
Jul 31, 2021
Letters: Given time, insurance rates will go down because of 2020 reforms of state law
The Civil Justice Reform Act of 2020 has been called the most relevant package of legal reforms in Louisiana since the 1990s. People...
Jul 29, 2021
After COVID-19 exposures at criminal courthouse, some judges move back to all virtual proceedings
With the first jury trial in over 16 months set to take place on Tuesday, two Orleans Parish Criminal Court judges, along with all of...
Jul 28, 2021
Higher courts told a Baton Rouge judge to sue his colleagues. He did, and here's why
Baton Rouge criminal court Judge Beau Higginbotham, who claims he was unlawfully passed over for a seat in civil court despite his...
Jul 27, 2021
Lawsuit tried to disqualify court candidate over tax issues. Did they have the wrong person?
Baton Rouge City Court candidate Carson Marcantel will stay in the race after a state judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to...
Jul 14, 2021
Appeals court revives bid to overturn Louisiana State Bar's mandatory dues policy
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel has rekindled a New Orleans attorney’s federal lawsuit that challenges the mandatory dues policy...
Jul 9, 2021
In Fieldwood bankruptcy, judge 'freezes time' on 1,700 Gulf of Mexico oil wells
Citing the far-reaching implications of Fieldwood Energy LLC's second bankruptcy in three years, a federal judge said Friday he wants to...
Jul 9, 2021
Mark Ballard: Whopping 30% collection fees? A task force looks at Louisiana’s court system
When children are victims in, say, a car wreck and are awarded substantial damages by the court, judges generally appoint someone to...
Jul 8, 2021
AG Jeff Landry’s office sent agents to help megadonor Shane Guidry in adoption dispute
Shane Guidry, the Louisiana oilman and major GOP political donor, needed help. On a Saturday night in late January, Guidry’s adolescent...
Jul 2, 2021
Must Louisiana lawyers join bar association? Maybe not, federal court says
Louisiana lawyers could soon be freed from mandatory membership in the State Bar Association, after a pair of federal court rulings that...
Jul 1, 2021
Victory at the Fifth Circuit
Should Bar Associations be Able to Use Mandatory Dues for Lobbying? What do volunteer dental hygienists, civics classes, and midwives...
Jul 1, 2021
Should Bar Associations be Able to Use Mandatory Dues for Lobbying?
What do volunteer dental hygienists, civics classes, and midwives have to do with the legal profession? It’s not a trick question. The...
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