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Victims of New Orleans terror attack sue city, contractors over 'preventable' deaths

By Michael Carroll |
Twenty-one victims of the New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans are suing the city, Police Department and city contractors, alleging that the carnage caused by a speeding pickup truck in the French Quarter could have been prevented.
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Judge rejects Louisiana insurance regulators' cease-and-desist order, fines against MMA law firm

By Michael Carroll |
The Louisiana Department of Insurance did not have the authority to issue fines and a cease-and-desist order against a Texas law firm accused of massive fraud involving hurricane damage claims, an administrative judge ruled.
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Federal jury rejects free-speech allegations in lawsuit filed by St. John Parish environmental activist

By Michael Carroll |
A federal jury has rejected allegations by an environmental and racial justice advocate in St. John the Baptist Parish that parish elected leaders violated her free speech rights and the state’s open-meeting law during a public meeting in 2023.
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Federal judge: Louisiana's police officer buffer zone law 'unconstitutionally void for vagueness'

By Michael Carroll |
A federal judge has barred Louisiana officials from enforcing a new law that creates a no-approach zone around police officers whenever officers tell citizens to back off.
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LMU law professor files academic-freedom lawsuit after being relieved of teaching duties

By Michael Carroll |
A Louisiana State University law professor is suing LSU after being suspended from his teaching responsibilities for making some humor-laced political comments in class, including phrases such as “F– Landry” and “F– Trump.”
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Environmental group sues Port of South Louisiana, export company over alleged unpaid taxes

By Michael Carroll |
A company that spearheaded a now-defunct grain elevator project in St. John the Baptist Parish is being sued for failing to make payments in lieu of taxes to the Sheriff’s Office and other public agencies in the parish.
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Louisiana shipbuilder to pay $1 million settlement over charges of hiring ineligible workers

By Michael Carroll |
A Louisiana shipyard company has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a legal dispute in the Eastern District of Louisiana brought by federal prosecutors who alleged the firm used ineligible workers to build fast-response cutters (FRC) for the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Louisiana sues Biden administration over new ban on offshore oil and gas leasing

By Michael Carroll |
Louisiana and four other states have filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration over the offshore oil and gas leasing ban announced in its waning days, arguing that only Congress has the power to “regulate property.”
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Louisiana set to sue Biden administration over new offshore drilling ban in eastern Gulf of Mexico

By Michael Carroll |
Louisiana officials are poised to file another federal lawsuit against the Biden administration’s energy policies, the latest salvo directed against the president’s Jan. 6 withdrawal of the eastern Gulf of Mexico from future oil and gas leasing.
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Louisiana high court sides with state agencies, backs removal of homeless encampments

By Michael Carroll |
In a split decision, the Louisiana Supreme Court has dissolved a lower court’s restraining order that limited state agencies’ ability to clear homeless encampments in public areas of New Orleans.
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Louisiana real estate associations sued in federal court over alleged anticompetitive practices

By Michael Carroll |
Two Louisiana real estate agents and two brokers have filed a federal lawsuit against several real estate associations, including the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Louisiana Realtors Association (LRA), accusing them of engaging in anti-competitive practices.
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Tort-reform advocates criticize state Supreme Court's reversal in personal-injury damages case

By Michael Carroll |
Tort-reform advocates are expressing dismay at the Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision last month to reinstate most of an eight-figure jury award in a personal-injury case, reversing an earlier opinion that slashed the damages amount by more than half.
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Louisiana high court gives librarian avenue to advance defamation lawsuit

By Michael Carroll |
A Louisiana appeals court will have to consider whether or not a librarian’s defamation lawsuit against a group advocating for government transparency has merit, the state Supreme Court decided last month.
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Louisiana attorney general urges most school districts to display Ten Commandments in classrooms using her guidance

By Michael Carroll |
State Attorney General Liz Murrill on Friday offered public school districts in the state four sample Ten Commandments displays to comply with the provisions of House Bill 71, which civil rights groups have challenged in federal courts as unconstitutional.
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State attorney general, ACLU of Louisiana duel over enforcement of Ten Commandments law

By Michael Carroll |
Louisiana’s attorney general and the ACLU of Louisiana are giving school districts across the state contradictory guidance on how to comply with the new Ten Commandments law in the wake of an ongoing federal lawsuit.
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Federal government sues Louisiana over 'systemic' prisoner-release delays

By Michael Carroll |
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Louisiana and its corrections agency, alleging that the state has systematically violated inmates’ 14th Amendment rights by keeping many of them behind bars beyond their release dates.
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Law firm that represents Sean 'Diddy' Combs' accusers sued by Louisiana clients

By Michael Carroll |
A Houston attorney representing plaintiffs who allege hip-hop entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs engaged in sexual abuse and exploitation now faces a pair of lawsuits in Louisiana accusing the lawyer of negligently or fraudulently withholding settlement funds.
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2 New Orleans law firms charged with insurance fraud, staging of vehicle accidents

By Michael Carroll |
Two New Orleans law firms and eight individuals have been charged for their involvement in a wide-ranging conspiracy to stage vehicle accidents and commit insurance fraud in a new federal indictment unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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Attorney: New Louisiana law unconstitutionally muzzles newsgathering, police coverage

By Michael Carroll |
Reporters are now more hesitant to cover crime stories in certain situations after the enactment of a Louisiana law allowing police officers to bar the public from getting within 25 feet of them, attorneys for news organizations argued in federal court last week.
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Meta plans for massive AI data center in northeast Louisiana pose ratepayer risks, critics say

By Michael Carroll |
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, will construct a $10 billion artificial intelligence data center in northeast Louisiana, promising technological innovation and jobs, but critics question the project’s economic benefits and future impact on taxpayers.

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