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Louisiana court decides if businesses can suffer mental anguish
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A Louisiana construction company allegedly responsible for severing phone lines of three businesses while on contract with the city of New Orleans lost its appeal in a ruling that distinguished “mental anguish damage” from “inconvenience damage.”
Private funds banned from 'undermining' Louisiana elections under fast-track legislation
Legislation that bans the use of private funds in the administration of Louisiana elections is speeding through the state legislature.
Mounting Covid lawsuits will challenge dozens of state liability shield laws and executive actions
It will take a few years before we know the extent of the effectiveness of laws approved in 15 states, and executive actions in 23 more, shielding health care providers and businesses from Covid lawsuits, says Cary Silverman, partner with Shook Hardy & Bacon, and expert in product liability and tort law, and civil justice reform.
Future of Louisiana energy industry clouded by trial bar's coastal restoration litigation
BATON ROUGE – A leader in the state’s energy industry says that Louisiana’s trial bar is trying to shake down the oil and gas industry to pay for coastal restoration.