Recent News About Lafayette, La
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LAFAYETTE — A Lafayette councilman has called for an investigation of the local fire and police civil service board after a recording surfaced of an official in that department allegedly making racist comments.
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GULFPORT, Miss. – David Watts smelled fraud in 41,000 oil spill claims that brother Mikal Watts filed against BP, and so did BP’s claims director and Louisiana attorney regulators, but Mikal Watts turned those claims into $2.3 billion.
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Lawyers for BP claim a judge’s ruling has allowed payments for fictitious claims from the 2010 oil spill, and are asking a federal appeals court to reverse the decision.
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GRETNA – A man whose company contracted with a sporting stores chain claims he has not received full payment for work he did at numerous stores across the Gulf Coast.
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Miller NEW ORLEANS – Deepwater Horizon oil rig owner Transocean claims workers hid behind the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions about their injuries.
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A Jefferson Parish District Court judge has ruled that all lawsuits brought against an Arizona company that runs the Parish's red light cameras will proceed as one class action.
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The New Orleans-based Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre LLP will merge with Jackson, Miss. firm Watkins Ludlam Winters & Stennis P.A. on January1 to form one of the largest firms in the Gulf Coast.
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Orleans Parish District Court Judge Kern Reese on Friday granted the city of New Orleans' motion to continue a class certification hearing in a red light camera case until Sept. 24.
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The city of New Orleans filed a motion to continue a class certification hearing set for June 18 in Orleans Parish Civil District Court in a case over the city's use of red light cameras.
