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Legal reform group director: Clients get ‘peanuts,’ lawyers make millions in class actions
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. -
Justice of the peace candidate's campaign goals: Integrity, access in Ascension Parish
GONZALES – Pam Alonso lists two main goals in her campaign to become Ascension Parish's next justice of the peace: Restore a greater level of respect to the office; and make the legal system more accessible to the community. -
November races include supreme, appeals and district court judges
NEW ORLEANS – Several court elections are in play for Louisiana’s judicial system come November. -
Judge rules East Baton Rouge must continue as defendant in death of young boy
BATON ROUGE – A judge has ruled the City-Parish of East Baton Rouge will continue as a defendant in a civil lawsuit brought by the mother of a 4-year old boy who drowned in a flooded, muddy sewer hole that had been left unmarked and unsecured. -
Texas man files suit Calumet Specialty Products Partners after truck explosion
DALLAS – A Denison, Texas man has filed a suit against Calumet Specialty Products Partners over claims he was severely burned by nearly 400-degree asphalt after a truck exploded at Calumet’s Shreveport refinery location. -
Attorneys In Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Seek $600 million in fees and expenses from BP
NEW ORLEANS – Plaintiff attorneys in a class action suit filed against BP for an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are seeking $600 million for fees and expenses. -
LOGA addresses fears concerning drilling in St. Tammany perish
NEW ORLEANS – On June 17 in a 4-3 split vote, the Louisiana Supreme Court denied the review of the appellate verdict concerning Helis Oil and Gas and St. Tammany Parish, allowing the gas company to continue with plans to drill a well in the parish. -
Judge dismisses WTC development lawsuit; attorney says 'case is far from over'
NEW ORLEANS – Development of New Orleans' former World Trade Center, stalled for a year by litigation over how the city awarded the bid in the project, may soon move ahead following a judge's dismissal of a lawsuit in the case. -
Tulane Law School honors Hall of Fame members
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University Law School has honored seven of its graduates by inducting them into the school’s Hall of Fame. -
Tulane University Law School’s experiential learning program helps form professional identities
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University Law School’s newly reorganized experiential learning program will integrate several skill-building offerings under one umbrella to help students gain hands-on training and to shape their professional identities, the school says. -
Class action suit targets Louisiana, Texas floods
ORANGE, Texas – More than 450 plaintiffs are suing the Sabine River Authority of Texas and Louisiana in a class action suit after a March flood damaged hundreds of homes in the two states. -
Activist: Baton Rouge Police Department has 'history of brutal force'
BATON ROUGE—The Baton Rouge Police Department has a history of heavy-handed tactics and excessive use of force that continues even in its treatment of protesters in the wake of the shooting of Alton Sterling, according to a community activist. -
6 Southern U. alumni serving Louisiana Bar Association, 2 more honored
BATON ROUGE – Eight alumni of Southern University Law Center (SULC) were recently recognized by the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA). -
LSU Law Center reaches Top 50 status in two national law school rankings
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana State University (LSU) Paul M. Hebert Law Center in Baton Rouge has been rated a Top 50 institution in two national law school rankings thanks to its high graduate employment rate. -
LASC transfers tort attorney Daniel Becnel Jr. to disability inactive status
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Supreme Court filed an order June 24, in regards to well-established tort lawyer Daniel E. Becnel Jr. to transfer him to disability inactive status due to his struggles with health issues. -
2016 American Inns of Court award winner: Community service essential to law career
NEW ORLEANS – Community service is an essential part of a law career, this past spring's recipient of the 2016 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Fifth Circuit said during a recent interview. -
Suit over Ascension Parish's conviction fee dismissed as new law enacted
BATON ROUGE – A Louisiana man has withdrawn his lawsuit regarding Ascension Parish Court's use of fees from misdemeanor convictions to cover the salary for its judge after a new state law eliminated what he saw as a conflict of interest. -
3 new law grads win Tulane 34 Awards
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane Law School recently honored five members of its 2016 class for academic excellence, service and leadership. -
LSU law grad Brittany Holt wins CLEA Outstanding Student Award
BATON ROUGE – Brittany Holt, a recent graduate of Louisiana State University's law school, has received the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Outstanding Student Award. -
LSU law professor named to editorial board
BATON ROUGE—Louisiana State University Law Professor Edward Richards has been named to the editorial board of Laws, an open-access journal covering legal theory, legal institutions and a wide range of legal subjects.