Stories by Melissa Landry on Louisiana Record

Melissa Landry As the Louisiana Legislature kicked off with a bang this week, the political stage has been set for a series of historic battles that could drastically impact the direction of the state.

Melissa Landry Business Owners Beware When Hosting Mardi Gras Parade Watching Parties Ed Harold of Fisher & Phillips LLP

Landry When someone is truly wronged, a lawsuit can bring needed justice, but when our legal system is abused, we all pay and we all lose.

It is hard to imagine, but not very long ago, Texas was described by the Wall Street Journal as the "lawsuit capital of the world."

In a recent article, John Tierney of the New York Times questions a disturbing trend that's taken over playgrounds across the country.

Protecting our environment is an important topic for Louisianans. After all, what is a Sportsman's Paradise without the paradise? This is what makes the delays in the cleanup of Louisiana's "legacy" oilfield sites so disturbing.

Landry Next time you are filling up your gas tank, and feeling the pain at the pump, think about this: if the source of your gasoline is Louisiana onshore drilling, then every other time you fill your tank it comes from an oil producer that's probably been hit by a lawsuit and may have had to pay millions of dollars to get out of it.

The head of a restaurant company, Andrew F. Puzder of CKE Restaurants (the parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's), recently announced he's considering moving the company's headquarters from California to Texas.