Gov. John Bel Edwards received confirmation that President Donald J. Trump has authorized a 100 percent Federal cost share for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, for a 30 day period of activity related to Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Laura made landfall in Cameron Parish August 27.
After a decade of deferral, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently bestowed protection as a threatened species on an inhabitant of Louisiana’s coast, the eastern black rail.
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI) released its "2020 Legislative Scorecard," highlighting the lawmakers and leaders inside the State Capitol who supported pro-business legislation in both this year’s regular session and the first special session.
A bill in the Louisiana Senate that would have given oil and gas companies a win in the effort to prevent lawsuits against them by parish governments over the loss of coastal wetlands stalled before being taken up by the full body of the Senate.
The following cases categorized as "asbestos" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on April 16. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "asbestos" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 26. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "asbestos" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 24. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "asbestos" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 23. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "asbestos" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 17. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "motor vehicle" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Jan. 15. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana reported the following activities in the suit brought by Cameron Pearl against Indian Harbor Insurance Company, Jose Guerrero, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company, Ren Keqi, Roadrunner Charters, Inc. , Safety Insurance Company and William Dowie on Jan. 15.
SHREVEPORT – Shreveport police reportedly are investigating whether longtime Shreveport City Court Judge R. Lee Irvin's girlfriend received preferential treatment in his courtroom but a Louisiana State University law professor recently said Lee should have done the obvious.
NEW ORLEANS – Gov. John Bel Edwards, who is seeking a second term in office, and other candidates aren't getting quite as much in campaign contributions from the same bloc of coastal and oil litigators as a few years ago, but the attorneys haven't entirely abandoned them.
LAFAYETTE – A contractor and its insurance provider recently filed a civil action to recover costs they incurred defending themselves in an injury lawsuit.
SHREVEPORT – A three-judge Louisiana appeals court panel recently turned down the appeal of a prison trusty, Lindsey French, who had been seriously injured while mowing grass along Louisiana highways.
Forty two lawsuits filed against oil, gas and pipeline companies have returned to federal courts after those same courts said the dispute should be resolved at the state level.
