LOUISIANA RECORD

A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked a Biden administration move to pause the approval of applications to export liquefied natural gas.

Free-enterprise think tanks are siding with the New Orleans-based Pelican Institute’s litigation challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s recently published rule making it more difficult to classify workers as independent contractors.

Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Cyber Crime Unit arrested a Crowley man on June 26, 2024 for Pornography Involving Juveniles under the age of 13.

NEW ORLEANS – A majority complement of the Supreme Court of Louisiana has ruled that Amazon is a “seller” under state law and could be held liable for the death of a man who suffered fatal burns from an exploding lithium-ion battery charger, which he purchased on Amazon from a third-party manufacturer.

BATON ROUGE – A federal judge has granted a plaintiff’s motion to potentially bifurcate legal proceedings concerning a maritime accident between both a state court and a federal court.

Following the appointment of Chris Hebert as the new Chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board by the Governor, Attorney General Liz Murrill has appointed Dawn Himel as his successor.

The Southern University System announced members of the search committee for the next chancellor of the Southern University Law Center.

United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown and the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Task Force announced the availability of approximately $152,565 in PSN grant funds for the Western District of Louisiana.

President Biden’s unlawful LNG ban has now hit Ukraine in the middle of its war with Russia.