LOUISIANA RECORD

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeal on Friday barred New Orleans from removing three monuments to Confederate leaders while a lawsuit challenging the city is still before the court.

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson faces further court action after his daughter and grandchildren filed an appeal challenging lower courts’ rulings that the billionaire is mentally competent to run his sports teams.

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Saints’ owner Tom Benson is mentally capable of running the football team and the city’s basketball franchise, an appeals court ruled this week.

BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edward's appointment of a former attorney general -- rather than a scientist -- as a Louisiana commissioner of conservation  is unprecedented in the state, Melissa Landry, executive director of the Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, said recently.

NEW ORLEANS — The estranged daughter of New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has gained control of a trust set up in the name of her late mother.

NEW ORLEANS — A marketing executive briefly employed by a New Orleans biotech company has filed suit against the firm, claiming she was enticed to work for it to help secure tens of millions in funding from an outside investor as part of ploy to create the appearance of a solid company.

BATON ROUGE — The signing by a Louisiana parish president of a contract with a law firm with a history of filing environment damage suits is “very disturbing,” according to the president of the state’s oldest industry trade association.

Attorneys representing the owner of the New Orleans Saints and his daughter were reprimanded for failing to officially inform a San Antonio court that a settlement was reached.