WASHINGTON – In an unprecedented raid, the U.S. government shut down the Stanford Financial Group’s brokerage firm, trust and banking operations in February 2009 alleging it was operating a Ponzi scheme. But seven years later, families and retirees - many of whom are in Louisiana - are still losing money thanks to attorneys who allegedly took more than their fair share.
NEW ORLEANS – A federal court is expected to rule soon on the lawsuit filed by Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jeff Hughes requesting a reversal of his forced recusal by fellow justices, citing violation of his constitutional rights.
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is part of a lawsuit filed by a wheelchair-bound man who says organizers have't gone far enough in providing accessibility to patrons with disabilities.
NEW ORLEANS – A local attorney and legal watchdog organization both expect to see class-action lawsuits filed in the state over allegations that Johnson & Johnson's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower products cause ovarian cancer.
BATON ROUGE – As Gov. John Bel Edwards attempts to force a settlement with oil and gas companies that would see those companies funding the restoration of the state’s coastline, some in the state are skeptical of the move.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) will testify before the House
Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice
today in favor of a new bill he introduced earlier this year seeking to
protect small businesses from the widespread abuse of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) by plaintiffs’ lawyers who Calvert says only “care about their own bank accounts.”
NEW ORLEANS -- A new advertisement from a New Orleans law firm highlights a practice that some critics claim is eroding Louisiana’s already-tarnished judicial reputation.
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans' historic St. Charles Avenue streetcar is among the latest targets of the Bizer Law Firm, which has filed more than 100 Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits for the same group of plaintiffs in five years.
BATON ROUGE -- Wednesday, April 20, marked the six-year anniversary
of the fatal explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and subsequent oil spill that
sent millions of gallons of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Six years later, the legal and environmental ramifications live on.
BATON ROUGE -- The Louisiana Senate passed a bill that would require many private employers to compensate men and women equally for the same work. Opponents, however, argue the bill would not only contradict federal and state laws prohibiting the discrimination addressed in the proposed bill, but it would open a floodgate of lawsuits.
BATON ROUGE – A Louisiana lawsuit abuse watchdog group has thrown its support behind a struggling state House bill that would provide transparency in asbestos litigation, similar to a measure signed into law earlier this month in Utah.
BATON ROUGE – The attorney fees paid out of the $20 billion settlement with BP over the Deepwater Horizon spill is "absurd," the executive director of a lawsuit abuse watchdog group recently told the Louisiana Record.
CHALMETTE — The St. Bernard Parish Council is expected to vote on Tuesday on whether to allow St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis and a controversial law firm to potentially file a lawsuit on behalf of the parish against oil and gas companies for alleged coastal damage and land loss.
NEW ORLEANS—An infamous Las Vegas attorney has been accused of misconduct by the Nevada State Bar Association for his involvement in an apparent kickback scheme in a 2010 British Petroleum oil spill settlement.
NEW ORLEANS – As the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week heard arguments in a lawsuit over alleged wetlands damage to the Louisiana coast by oil and natural gas companies, a watchdog group described the legal effort by a state flood protection authority as futile and a waste of money.
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edward's appointment of a former attorney general -- rather than a scientist -- as a Louisiana commissioner of conservation is unprecedented in the state, Melissa Landry, executive director of the Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, said recently.
