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Fight between Louisiana AG, Governor reveals cracks in system
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Attorney General Jeff Landry clearly could have a better relationship. -
New Orleans requests advance notice of judge's decision regarding Confederate monuments
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration wrote a letter to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals asking for 24 hours advance notice before it releases a decision in the Confederate monument removal case. -
Sofia Vergara sued on behalf of her own embryos
NEW ORLEANS — Actress Sofia Vergara, who stars on Modern Family, faces a right-to-life suit where her two “pre-embryos” or fertilized eggs are named as the primary defendants. -
Courts reconsidering recusal of Supreme Court justice in legacy oil cases
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance has been asked to review a case regarding the removal of a Louisiana Supreme Court justice by his fellow justices to prevent him from hearing two legacy oil cases. -
Edwards' attempt to hire campaign donors as attorneys helps keep Louisiana on ATRA's Judicial Hellhole list
BATON ROUGE – Despite its governor's reported efforts to hire campaign donors as attorneys, Louisiana has dropped from the No. 6 to seventh position on American Tort Reform Association's 2016-17 Judicial Hellholes list, which was issued earlier today. -
Family of deceased inmate sues Orleans Parish Sheriff
NEW ORLEANS — Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has been sued by the family of 34-year-old Orleans Parish inmate Calvin Thomas (a.k.a Calvin Deal). -
Louisiana Supreme Court will hear case of attorney recommended for disbarment by disciplinary board
NEW ORLEANS – An attorney has filed an appeal with the Louisiana Supreme Court to overturn his suspension banning him from practicing law after he was accused of allegedly using racially offensive and derogatory terms to refer to judges and lawyers. -
Lafayette councilman calls for investigation of civil service board, attorney
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. -
Group seeking recall of Yenni continues to obtain signatures for recall petition
NEW ORLEANS — While a rule limiting those taking signatures to being at least 600 feet away from polling places halted the progress of a recall group seeking to remove Jefferson Parish president Mike Yenni from office through the November general election and the December run-off election, their efforts are still underway. -
Birdman calls off $51 million lawsuit negotiations with Lil Wayne
NEW ORLEANS —The $51-million-dollar lawsuit filed in March between rappers Birdman and Lil Wayne will proceed now that Birdman has pulled his negotiations off the table. -
Louisiana's Landry elected vice president of National Association of Attorneys General
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has been elected vice president of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). -
Justice’s recusal in oil cases leads to renewed lawsuit in federal court
NEW ORLEANS – Following the recusal of one of its own justices, the Louisiana Supreme Court is being asked to take another look at a case involving campaign contributions to judges. -
Yenni recall effort challenges 600-foot buffer rule
ELMWOOD — As part of the recall of Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni, a suit has been filed to challenge the 600-foot perimeter law to polling places. -
Family appeals civil forfeiture from drug raid, have heavy burden of proof
HOUMA – Former area convenience store owner Mohamed Nagi and his family are appealing an approximate $1 million in civil forfeiture stemming from a June 2013 synthetic marijuana raid and appear to have a heavy burden of proof, a spokesman for an activist group said during a recent interview. -
Louisiana governor-attorney general disagreement has a new hearing
BATON ROUGE – The battle over who has the final say in Louisiana constitutional matters will continue until at least the end of the month. -
Sen. Ted Cruz settles lawsuit with New Orleans-based music licensing firm
NEW ORLEANS – Former Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will pay $55,000 to a music-licensing start up firm, Audiosocket, for alleged copyright infringement and breach of a licensing agreement. -
Constitutional rights dispute between Governor, AG heading to court
BATON ROUGE – A dispute over an an executive order by Gov. John Bel Edwards regarding LGBT discrimination language in state contracts is heading to court in showdown that may define the constitutional roles of the governor and attorney general. -
Federal lawsuit casts light on murky Orleans Parish courthouse construction project
NEW ORLEANS – A $4 million-plus lawsuit brought by Minnesota construction company Community Facility Partners (CFP) against the Orleans Judicial District Court Building Commission (JBC) and Parish Civil District Court Judge Christopher Bruno shines a bit of light on just how complicated, not to mention opaque and politicized, the process of carrying out civic building projects can be. -
DOJ reaches settlement with Louisiana Tech to desegregate A.E. Phillips School
MONROE – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement in a decade’s-long desegregation suit filed against the A.E. Phillips Laboratory School, a public school operating on Louisiana Tech University’s Lincoln Parish campus. -
TCSI has only days remaining to appeal WTC development case dismissal
NEW ORLEANS – The winning bidders for the job to renovate and revitalize the World Trade Center are waiting out the last few days to see if the latest dismissal of the case holding up that work will be the last. Two Canal Street Investors, losing bidder and plaintiff in the case that didn't send legal counsel or any officers to the most recent hearing, has only days remaining to appeal Orleans Civil District Court Judge Tiffany Chase's decision to again dismiss the