Voters shouldn't read too deeply into a seeming rift in the state's business community over candidate endorsements, according to a local think tank official.
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Metairie attorney Quiana Marie Hunt faces possible deferred suspension and probation following a Sept. 3 Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation over allegations she mishandled her client trust account.
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Metairie attorney Amy Elizabeth Bateman faces possible suspension and probation following a recommendation issued Aug. 22 by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee over her DUI arrest early in 2018.
An elderly retired doctor and his wife are suing an airline, some of its employees, a sheriff and his deputies, saying he was illegally arrested and subjected to excessive force after being removed from an airplane at New Orleans International Airport.
BATON ROUGE – With some tort reform due for action in the Louisiana Legislature early next week, state residents are beyond ready for change, a tort reform advocate said during a recent interview.
After investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the owners and operators of a family of 11 restaurants with common ownership in Louisiana have paid $230,877 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 141 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements.
Some civil justice reform legislation has already been filed this year in the Louisiana legislature, but a state tort reform advocate believes it will be a difficult task seeing it through to the finish line in 2019.