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.
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.
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.
BATON ROUGE – A state Senate resolution that was partially
responsible for the June 30, 2014 closure of the Huey P. Long Medical Center in
Pineville was recently deemed “null and void” by a judge in the 19th
Judicial District Court.
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s State Bar Association recently gave its 2016 Law Student Pro Bono Award to a Louisiana State University Law School student just as the American Bar Association (ABA) said that law school pro bono work “is sweeping the nation.”
NEW ORLEANS—Voice of the Ex-Offender (VOTE) filed a class-action petition on July 1 in the 19th Judicial District Court, seeking to restore the voting rights of more than 70,000 Louisiana residents who are on probation or parole for felony offenses.
NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld sanctions against two attorneys in June, who were disciplined in 2015 for allegedly paying for referrals for claims
related to the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BATON ROUGE – The lawsuit filed last month against Louisiana State University (LSU) by its former marching band director, Roy King, is moving to federal court as the result of a notice filed by the school.
A law professor at Louisiana State University says provisions in the judicial code of conduct could be triggered if allegations against four Louisiana district judges are able to be proven in federal court.
NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Supreme Court has ordered a retrial in a medical
malpractice case during which the judge allegedly displayed "bizarre and
disturbing" behavior.
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge issued a Lone Pine Order earlier this year to identify and cull more than 20,000 potentially meritless claims against clean-up companies that responded to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster.
BATON ROUGE — As the Louisiana Supreme Court considers a recommendation to suspend Judge J. Robin Free for a year over allegations of misconduct, a local editorial board is calling for his resignation.
BATON ROUGE – A Louisiana House Concurrent Resolution set for hearing on Monday looks largely like a bit of legislative housekeeping, but could have implications for discovery procedures attorneys in the state are required to follow.
NEW ORLEANS — After pleading guilty to violating offshore oil production safety and environmental regulations, a district court judge sentenced Energy Resource Technology GOM (ERT) to three years of probation, and ordered the company to pay a $4 million fine and a $200,000 community service payment last week.
BATON ROUGE — Former Louisiana State University Band Director Roy King recently filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging he was fired because he refused to comply with what he said was the university’s illegal handling of donor contributions and also claims he was offered bribes by some LSU officials.
WASHINGTON, – U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy and David Vitter introduced a bill last week that would rename the Shreveport Federal Building to the "Tom Stagg Federal Building and United States Courthouse" in honor of the late judge Thomas ‘Tom’ Eaton Stagg.
BATON ROUGE – With only three months to go until the Republican National Convention, frontrunner Donald Trump seems to be feeling the tension as he looks to collect the necessary 1,237 delegates to secure the party’s nomination for president.
BATON ROUGE - While some allegations of sexual harassment by college professors can be complicated cases that must be examined carefully, there's a case at Louisiana State University that some believe isn't so complicated.
SHREVEPORT – Shreveport attorney and businessman Richard "Ricky" John says he has his mind on veterans and their families as he makes his first bid for public office, the 4th U.S. Congressional District seat.
