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19th Judicial District Court Judge Richard Moore, III ruled in favor of Gov. John Bel Edwards and against Treasurer John Schroder in the lawsuit challenging the transfer of excess dollars from the Unclaimed Property Program to the state general fund.
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Baton Rouge lawyer Donald Dobbins has a suspended law license but refuses to drop out of the race for a seat on the 19th Judicial District Court.
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NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Suspended Baton Rouge attorney J. Renee Martin faces possible disbarment following a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee's recommendation over 13 complaints filed by former clients and judges.
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BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee's investigation into a mailer that newly elected 19th Judicial District Court Judge Ronald Johnson sent out during his campaign is closed, a state judiciary spokesman said.
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NEW ORLEANS – The race for an open Louisiana Supreme Court seat in Saturday's primary is "high on intrigue, low on interest," but some of the state's coastal and oil litigators are backing one candidate while their opponents try to get voters' attention.
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NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Disbarred Lafayette attorney Peter Brian Derouen faces possible permanent disbarment following a recommendation issued Aug. 19 by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee over complaints that included practicing law while ineligible.
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NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – New Iberia attorney and former judge candidate Shane Errol Romero faces suspension following a recommendation issued May 14 by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee and his 2016 guilty plea regarding campaign financing of an inflammatory political flier.
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NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – Longtime Baton Rouge attorney Mark G. Simmons faces permanent disbarment following an April 16 Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee recommendation after he allegedly practiced law while suspended.
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BATON ROUGE – A former student-athlete who was awarded over $650,000 in damages after suffering injuries during a disciplinary run he suffered while a part of the Grambling State University basketball team had his award upheld in a state appeals court.
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana reported the following activity on March 13 in the suits below:
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana reported the following activities in the suit brought by Scott Guidry against Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, K&Z Enterprises, Inc. and Eddie Love on March 13:
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A Baton Rouge district court ruled that a funding system for the state’s tax board is unconstitutional, as the statute is allegedly using taxes for purposes upon which the voters have not decided.
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BATON ROUGE – Louisiana's First Circuit Court of Appeal recently reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed a claim filed by a group of residents who said the Toledo Bend Dam increased the likelihood of flooding on their properties.
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BATON ROUGE – Louisiana's First Circuit Court of Appeal recently found that Pennsylvania-based technology company Unisys Corp., which has been seeking more than $8.7 from the Louisiana Office of Motor vehicles following an amicably terminated contract to re-engineer computer systems, is entitled to a portion of that amount.
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BATON ROUGE — After years of litigation, ExxonMobile remains fully liable for injuries of at least six of the thousand of plaintiffs who filed suit in Baton Rouge City Court following the 1993 fire at the East Coker Unit at ExxonMobil's refinery,a recent ruling by Louisiana's First Circuit Court of Appeal said.
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A lawsuit recently was filed in the 19th Judicial District Court for East Baton Rouge Parish claiming the city of Baton Rouge's collection of fines through the use of traffic cameras is illegal.
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NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Baton Rouge attorney George Allen Roth Walsh, publicly reprimanded last summer by the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) for allegedly practicing law while ineligible, faces a 30-day suspension over the same allegations.
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A group of pharmaceutical companies lost an appeal.
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An appeals ended a long-running employment dispute on Sept. 21 between a former public works employee and the city of Baton Rouge.
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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit recently dismissed an appeal to overturn a district court decision regarding a defamation lawsuit filed against People Magazine in the publication of an article about an unsolved 1985 murder.
