NEW ORLEANS – Tulane Law School’s master’s program ranks among the best in the United States for foreign attorneys studying here, according to International Jurist magazine.
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane Law School graduates Gary Crosby and
Robert Waldrup are working to endow a diversity scholarship for Tulane Law
students in an effort to thank the benefactors of the scholarships that helped
them diffuse the costs of a legal education and to “pay it forward” to give
future students the same opportunities. The pair hopes the endowment will
launch similar diversity efforts within the school.
NEW ORLEANS – Alexis Ruiz’s nearly lifelong memory of her mother’s immigration-related issues sparked her interest in becoming an immigration attorney at an early age. Today, Ruiz is a 2016 Tulane Law School graduate who served as the first Latina president of the Tulane chapter of the Student Bar Association, and has been lauded by her peers and school officials for her work.
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.
WINNFIELD – If you pay a visit the Louisiana Political Museum, you’ll see the vehicle the late Gov. Earl Long used for political campaigning and Gov. Huey P. Long’s ornate dining room set. But you can also take a gander at the roster of this year’s inductees into the museum’s Political Hall of Fame, including retired Lafayette Judge Kaliste Saloom Jr.
BATON ROUGE – A member of the Tulane University football team and his parents are suing over treatment he allegedly received from members of the athletic department.
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 – A professor of law says it is hard to determine if the conviction of an Orleans Parish judge for fraud has undermined public confidence in the judiciary.
NEW ORLEANS – A former Tulane University biology professor who hails from India claims she was denied tenure because of her national origin and gender.
NEW ORLEANS — When it comes to minimizing the chances of a securities markets catastrophe such as the 2008 national financial crisis, Tulane Law Professor Onnig Dombalagian believes prevention is better than a cure -- and in this case, prevention is transparency.
NEW ORLEANS – A woman is suing Tulane University Hospital and doctors over her husband's treatment, saying their alleged breaches in standards of care directly led to his death.
NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans hospital and a group of doctors are being sued by a family whose now deceased relative underwent chemotherapy for liver cancer, but was discovered to not have cancer when an autopsy was performed after his death.
NEW ORLEANS – A woman is suing the Tulane University School of Medicine and a physician employed there claiming that medical malpractice caused her husband's death stemming from gastrointestinal problems.
NEW ORLEANS – A man undergoing a knee replacement at Tulane-Lakeside Hospital is suing his surgeon and the hospital claiming that his doctor failed to recognize post-surgical damage to his artery and that staff at Tulane-Lakeside altered or deleted his medical records to make it look like tests were conducted that was in fact not true.
NEW ORLEANS – The son and wife of a deceased New Orleans man are suing the cardiologist who treated him as well as the Tulane University Health Sciences Center, claiming medical malpractice.
NEW ORLEANS – A lawsuit has been filed by a man who claims he had to undergo surgery after being punched in the face by am employee of The Boot Bar & Grill.