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(Corrected) Legal expert: Judges need to recuse themselves when contributors become litigants
NEW ORLEANS — With the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry backing Jimmy Genovese and trial lawyers supporting Marilyn Castle in the race to replace outgoing state Supreme Court Justice Jeanette Knoll, the flow of political donations from special interest groups such as these raises the question of whether judges should recuse themselves when contributors become litigants. -
Watchdog group opposses Medicare Transparency Act
A watchdog group says a Congressional bill that is designed to increase transparency for Medicare Part D could actually lead to higher drug costs. -
Outcome of abortion case before U.S. Supreme Court will be felt in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and other state officials scored a victory last week when a federal appeals court decided that new state restrictions on doctors who perform abortions may go forward, but a similar case that’s before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will likely bring the final word on the matter. -
Relocation of Louisiana's attorney general's staff aims to save taxpayer dollars
NEW ORLEANS – The budget-tightening move to relocate personnel in the Attorney General’s Office to unoccupied space in the Benson Tower building near the Mercedes-Benz Superdome will save the state more than $300,000 annually, but the one-time moving costs have yet to be tallied, state officials said this week. -
Attorney for Franklin Parish calls bias suit over water project frivolous
The attorney who represents a northern Louisiana parish accused of racial bias for its handling of a water services project described the discrimination lawsuit filed last week in federal district court as both baseless and frivolous. -
La. Lawsuit Abuse Watch applauds Landry's quick-end to the Buddy System
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s attorney general recently brought the hammer down on several no-bid state legal contracts put in place by his predecessor. -
Louisiana Chemical Association proceeding with lawsuit over change in state's tax laws
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Chemical Association (LCA) is proceeding with a lawsuit to challenge a shift in the state’s tax laws that are designed to raise tens of millions of dollars to help balance the state budget. -
New LADCP president hopes to increase participation in drug courts
BATON ROUGE – More activity with the state's drug courts and district attorneys' offices is what Louisiana Association of Drug Court Professionals' (LADCP) new president is hoping for in his two-year term. -
Baton Rouge official: Weather events to blame for huge spike in sewage-backup settlements
BATON ROUGE – The numbers alone don't tell the entire story behind the dramatic increase in what the city-parish of Baton Rouge has paid out to settle lawsuits involving sewage backups. -
Benson mentally capable of running Saints and Pelicans, appeal court affirms
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Saints’ owner Tom Benson is mentally capable of running the football team and the city’s basketball franchise, an appeals court ruled this week. -
Governor's office: Edwards set example for rest of the nation by dropping Common Core suit
BATON ROUGE – The rest of the country could learn a lesson from Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' decision to end a lawsuit filed by his Republican predecessor against Common Core, a spokeswoman for the governor said. -
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance fights NOAA over aqua farms
NEW ORLEANS — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) decision to approve industrial offshore fish farming last month in federally protected waters in the Gulf of Mexico is a strong concern in a "delicate and restricted estuarine system," according to a leading non-profit fisherman’s organization. -
Appeals court thwarts oil industry petition, but wetlands case hangs in balance
NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana oil and gas companies lost a legal skirmish last week over a challenge to a flood protection authority’s use of private law firms, but the much larger issue of financial responsibility for coastal wetlands damage remains to be settled. -
New Edwards administration likely to leave tort reform alone
BATON ROUGE — Republicans and tort reform advocates didn't expect John Bel Edwards to win the governor's race in Louisiana, but now people with an eye on the state's history of litigation are paying close attention to see how the issue of tort reform will be handled by the new administration. -
Report alleges Louisiana's consumer protection law misuse has increased litigation
NEW ORLEANS — A white paper by Emory University Law Professor Joanna M. Shepherd examines the costs and consequences of the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (LUTPA), but not everyone agrees with her assessment. -
Orleans Parish public defenders' office sued by ACLU over refusal of cases
BATON ROUGE – The cash-starved Orleans Parish public defenders' office is being sued after allegedly placing poor people connected to crimes on a "waiting list" and leaving them without access to lawyers. -
LSU professor emeritus recalls being part of a teaching tag team with Scalia
BATON ROUGE — For years John Baker, professor emeritus at Louisiana State University, told people that he feared his good friend, the energetic and hard-driven Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, might succumb one day as a result of the justice’s active lifestyle and vigorous commitment to his beliefs about the Constitution. -
Daughter gains control of Benson trust fund
NEW ORLEANS — The estranged daughter of New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has gained control of a trust set up in the name of her late mother. -
La. attorney general joins governor in dropping Common Core case
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Gov. John Bel Edwards have reached at least a temporary accord over federal lawsuits filed while Bobby Jindal was the state's governor. -
Oil industry president calls potential environmental lawsuits 'money grabs'
As the St. Bernard Parish Council contemplates filing lawsuits against energy companies for alleged damage to fragile wetlands and other areas near drilling sites, the president of the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association says any such litigation is simply a "money grab."