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Louisiana bank files $36M lawsuit against historic resort owned by W.Va. governor
A Louisiana-based bank has filed a $36 million lawsuit against an historic West Virginia hotel and resort owned by the state’s governor who is running for U.S. Senate. -
Legislation would stop foreign third-party litigation funding
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) recently introduced legislation that would stop foreign entities and governments from funding litigation in American courts. -
Baker: Conservative-supported antitrust bill will ‘empower and embolden progressives’ without protecting speech
Anti-trust reform has long been one of the answers politicians give in response to the question about how to rein in Big Tech with regard to accusations of them blocking conservative viewpoints. -
Gov. Edwards and DOTD Praise U.S. Senate for Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Gov. Edwards and DOTD Praise U.S. Senate for Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. -
Louisiana launches bipartisan push to modify Biden administration oil lease moratorium
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy and Gov. John Bel Edwards are making a bipartisan push to convince the Biden administration to rethink its moratorium on new oil and gas leases. -
Sen. Kennedy signs on to bid to challenge election results in swing states
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy has little to lose in joining with several other Republican U.S. senators to challenge the presidential election results in key swing states, a Louisiana political science professor said Monday. -
TAYLOR PORTER BROOKS PHILLIPS LLP: President Trump Signs Into Law $484 Billion COVID-19 Relief Bill; Adding More Than $300B to PPP
President Trump signed into law today the “Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act,” a $484 billion additional coronavirus aid package that will add more than $300 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of the CARES Act, including $60 billion for loans to be made by small financial institutions such as banks and credit unions. -
TAYLOR PORTER BROOKS PHILLIPS LLP: Former Ernst & Young Tax Associate Ryan Gonzales Joins Taylor Porter
Gonzales, a certified public accountant and a former tax associate of the national tax practice of Ernst & Young in New York, has joined Taylor Porter as an associate and as a member of the Firm’s tax and estate planning practice. -
Guidry's confirmation to federal bench in New Orleans makes sense, political science professor says
NEW ORLEANS – State Supreme Court Justice Greg Guidry will fill an opening in the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Louisiana following a recent U.S. Senate confirmation vote. -
WHALEY LAW FIRM: My insurance agent screwed up. Can I sue my own insurance agent?
According to WBRZ, the U.S. Senate has passed a four-month reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance program. -
Trump nominates New Orleans lawyer for U.S. attorney post
NEW ORLEANS – President Donald Trump recently nominated New Orleans attorney Peter Strasser as his choice for U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana -
Former juvenile court judge suspended following auto theft ring indictment
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Gretna attorney and former juvenile court Judge David L. Bell has been suspended following a March 16 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney order a little more than a year after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly participating in a Jefferson Parish auto theft ring. -
Opelousas attorney reprimanded for neglecting client's legal matter
Opelousas attorney and former state Sen. Elbert Lee Guillory has been publicly reprimanded following a Sept. 6 Louisiana Supreme Court Order after acknowledging he neglected a client's legal matter. -
Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch says reform of asbestos compensation needed
A Louisiana government watchdog activist said she hopes the U.S. Senate will pass legislation that will crack down on attorneys who siphon off of damage claims for people who suffer from work-related asbestos exposure. -
OPINION: U.S. Senate Should Pass the FACT Act to Help Protect Americans
It is no secret that frivolous litigation filings have skyrocketed in recent years. As more and more personal injury lawyers seek to use and abuse our legal system, Americans have grown tired of paying the costs and have begun calling for reform. Fortunately, Congress is listening. -
Sen. Kennedy's son sued for allegedly throwing party at neighbors' house
MADISONVILLE — The son of U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) may have landed in legal hot water for an alleged party held at a neighbor's house. -
Louisiana Rep. Boustany drops lawsuit over prostitution allegations
BATON ROUGE – Fresh off his failed run for a U.S. Senate seat, Rep. Charles Boustany has dropped his defamation suit against a writer who alleged in a book that the Republican congressman was a client of several prostitutes who ended up murdered. -
Boustany sues Simon & Shuster over prostitution allegations
LAFAYETTE — Republican John Kennedy emerged from the crowded primary for the Senate seat left vacant by departing Republican David Vitter with advantages over Democrat Foster Campbell as they head into the Dec. 10 runoff. -
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. -
Tulane grad, Alabama judge being considered as Scalia replacement
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed that he will choose one of the names on his previously announced “shortlist” of 11 judges to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last February, which includes a judge from the South.