On May 24, 2021, Taylor Porter attorneys, staff, and summer law clerks all pitched in to pack 100 care packages for nonprofit Totes de Joie to deliver to local cancer patients undergoing treatment at Mary Bird Perkins and Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge.
Taylor Porter welcomes seven law students for the first round of the 2021 Summer Law Clerk Program in which under the guidance of practicing Taylor Porter attorneys and mentors, law clerks gain hands-on experience and interaction that reflect real life as a lawyer.
The City of Crowley and two police officers are the defendants in a complaint for damages filed on April 3 in the Western Louisiana District Court by a victim of excessive police force.
Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that D.G. Construction and Hauling, LLC and the U.S. Department of Labor, with DOJ local counsel, have reached a settlement of a civil action filed on August 5, 2020 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana seeking to enforce administrative orders against D.G. Construction and Hauling, LLC, and its owner, Brett Deshotels (“Defendants”), in Lafayette, Louisiana, for violations of employee protection provisions of the Surface Transportation and Assistance Act.
The Lafayette city government’s lawsuit to recover first-responder costs stemming from a comedian’s posting of fake antifa events on social media can proceed as a result of a recent state appeals court decision.
A member of Attorney General Jeff Landry’s management staff resigned earlier this month after a second sexual harassment complaint against him surfaced, adding to a series of controversies Landry has dealt with over the past couple of months.
A civil liberties group has filed a legal brief in support of a comedian who is being sued by the Lafayette Consolidated Government after his satirical Facebook posts about fake antifa events caused a commotion and police response.
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy has little to lose in joining with several other Republican U.S. senators to challenge the presidential election results in key swing states, a Louisiana political science professor said Monday.
Taylor Porter is a Premier Sponsor of the 2020 Baton Rouge Area Chamber Virtual Statewide Economic Development Summit presented by Entergy, and to be held on December 8 and 10, 2020.
Lafayette Consolidated Government is suing a New York City man over his satirical Facebook post about a fake antifa event at a local mall that resulted in a flurry of calls from frightened residents and a major police response.
An order preventing the release of video evidence and other records in the police shooting of an African-American man in Lafayette was dropped this week after attorneys for local leaders and media organizations argued against it in state court.
Louisiana bar owners have lost a bid for a temporary restraining order against Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus order banning on-site alcohol consumption at taverns, but they continue to press their case in federal court.
Louisiana had 28 law firms that were approved for $1 million to $10 million in emergency, low interest loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
