A Louisiana appeals court has sided with a former Lafourche Parish president in his lawsuit seeking more than $180,000 in back pay, effectively ending a three-year-old legal dispute.
NEW ORLEANS - Halstead Bead, Inc. filed a federal lawsuit on Nov. 15 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against Kimberly Lewis as Louisiana Secretary of Revenue and others over taxes on products sold in the state.
NEW ORLEANS - The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors faces allegations of disability discrimination and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) violation at Nicholls University.
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Suspended Larose attorney Edward Duane Schertler II has been permanently disbarred following a Sept. 24 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding over allegations that he smuggled contraband into a detention facility.
NEW ORLEANS – Suspended Larose attorney Edward Duane Schertler II faces permanent disbarment following a recent Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation to the state Supreme Court regarding allegations that Schertler attempted to smuggle contraband into the Lafourche Parish Detention Center.
In an op-ed written by Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch director Lana Venable and published by Watchdog, Venable calls attention to a plan involving the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
Legal observers say Louisiana has long been home to trial attorneys who seek to make a profit by pursuing battles with large settlements attached, and a recent tactic in Terrebonne Parish is being brought to light by Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch.
In a recent op-ed, written by Lana Venable, director of the Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, and published by Watchdog, concerns have been raised about the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources’ recent appointment of the parish district attorney to conduct damage assessments that are alleged to come from oil and gas development in Terrebonne Parish.
Recent developments in Terrebonne Parish should be alarming to all Louisiana citizens – especially those along the bayou whose local rights are being overstepped by overzealous trial attorneys and state government overreach.
A district court has granted a motion to dismiss filed by the former Lafourche Parish government, and also granted two counter motions filed by a former parish administrator.
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently granted a motion to dismiss and compel arbitration in a dispute involving the sale of a shopping center in Thibodaux.
NEW ORLEANS — Suspended Larose attorney Edward Duane Schertler II faces possible disbarment following a recommendation issued Aug. 9 by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee after he allegedly was caught sneaking contraband into a detention facility.
A judge in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana found that Hartford Fire Insurance Co. could not justify its failure to pay a client on time after a fire, according to court documents filed May 18.
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Thibodaux attorney David Grant Arceneaux has been restored to active status following a May 18 Louisiana Supreme Court order after almost three years on inactive status.
NEW ORLEANS – A Lafourche Parish man alleges that his Raceland employer has failed to pay maintenance and cure benefits for an injury he sustained while working.
NEW ORLEANS – A Lafourche Parish man employed by Bayou Marine Electronics alleges he was injured while installing radar equipment on a ship in Mississippi.
