LOUISIANA RECORD

NEW ORLEANS -- A new advertisement from a New Orleans law firm highlights a practice that some critics claim is eroding Louisiana’s already-tarnished judicial reputation.

BATON ROUGE – With the state recently taking over more than 39 lawsuits brought by three parishes against oil and gas companies, the Louisiana Department of Natural Resource is waiting to see what -- if any -- money it will receive from the litigation to restore coastal wetlands lost to erosion.

LAPLACE – A lawsuit seeking damages alleges the cause of the brain-eating amoeba contamination that plagued St. John the Baptist Parish's water system in August 2014 goes higher up the chain of command than the two municipal water workers convicted last year of malfeasance.