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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. -
Law professor: Appointing, not electing, judges not 'undemocratic'
NEW ORLEANS – If Louisianans are genuinely troubled by the huge amount of campaign funds being spent on judicial elections in the state, they could stop electing judges, a legal ethics expert at Loyola University said during a recent interview. -
Arbitration expert predicts Supreme Court review in Sky Zone decision
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana Supreme Court decision declining to enforce a waiver contract that a trampoline park required its customers to sign before jumping could still face the test of a U.S. Supreme Court review. -
Sexting incident between parish president, teen draws federal scrutiny and local demands for resignation
HARAHAN — Ever since the allegations of sexting a 17-year-old boy in 2015 surfaced in early October, Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni has been a no-show at a council meeting, declined to answer questions posed by a joint team of investigative reporters from the NOLA defender and WWL-TV. Instead, Yenni has released a one-minute video-recorded message that the defender derisively called a “commercial." -
Louisiana PAC picks Judge Castle after recent debate
LAFAYETTE - Two candidates for seats on the Louisiana Supreme Court recently squared off at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. -
Louisiana flooding expected to yield more lawsuits
WALKER – The recent flooding in Louisiana could lead to an influx of lawsuits seeking government compensation for flood damage. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Law prof: Excessive use of force cases made more difficult by Supreme Court ruling
NEW ORLEANS—The father of a man shot and killed by St. Tammany Parish deputies in October has sued the sheriff’s office, claiming excessive force, but a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision might make his case difficult to win. -
Louisiana joins 21-state suit against Delaware for $150 million in unclaimed checks
BATON ROUGE – Attorneys general from 21 states, including Louisiana, are suing Delaware, claiming that the state has wrongly held onto at least $150 million in uncashed Moneygram checks that should be going to other states. -
Louisiana AG victorious as Supreme Court ruling squashes Obama's immigration amnesty program
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday that effectively stalled a controversial amnesty program pushed by the Obama administration to reform immigration policy meant to pave the way for 4.5 million undocumented immigrants to gain legal status and protect them from deportation. -
Tulane graduate on Trump's SCOTUS short list
NEW ORLEANS – In the wake of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced 11 potential candidates for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, including a Tulane University law school grad. -
Sanctity of confession stands for now, but Louisiana Supreme Court to have final say
BATON ROUGE–After Judge Mike Caldwell of the 19th Judicial District ruled earlier this year that a priest does not have to reveal alleged wrongdoings heard in confession, the ruling was automatically sent for appeal to Louisiana's Supreme Court. -
Baton Rouge lawyer: First Amendment protection of public employee speech is complicated
BATON ROUGE – Questions of freedom of speech and employee rights have skyrocketed with the increasing popularity of social media, but as a Louisiana lawyer points out, the answers are dependent on the situation, especially when it comes to employees of public agencies. -
Baton Rouge's Federalist Society chapter promises to keep Scalia's legacy alive
BATON ROUGE – The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may have been a blow to those who live by the principles of limited government and traditional values, but many local attorneys who share Scalia’s outlook continue to meet, discuss and promote those principles. -
NAACP members oppose Terrebonne Parish president's motion to intervene in minority voting lawsuit
BATON ROUGE — At a Terrebonne Parish Council meeting last week, members of the NAACP spoke out against President Gordy Dove’s motion to include the parish as an intervener in a lawsuit against the state, and they did not hold back. -
Legal watchdog group says pursuing flood protection lawsuit is futile
NEW ORLEANS – As the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week heard arguments in a lawsuit over alleged wetlands damage to the Louisiana coast by oil and natural gas companies, a watchdog group described the legal effort by a state flood protection authority as futile and a waste of money. -
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. -
Baton Rouge TV station faces defamation suit for coverage of child abuse case
BATON ROUGE — One case has given rise to another, as the Rev. Jeff Bayhi filed a defamation and false light suit against Baton Rouge’s WBRZ-TV on Nov. 20, alleging the station misrepresented allegations in another case involving the Catholic priest as facts.