Paul Minor disbarred in Louisiana
Minor BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – The Louisiana Supreme Court has permanently disbarred Paul Minor, a Mississippi trial lawyer who was convicted of a judicial bribery scheme involving loans to...
View ArticleFive pharma companies settle with La. AG Caldwell
Caldwell BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – Louisiana Attorney General James Caldwell announced on Wednesday that five pharmaceutical companies will pay the state more than $18.6 million as part of...
View ArticleFifth Circuit orders return of political contributions made by Allen Stanford
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled for the creditors of imprisoned financier Allen Stanford and ordered the return of political contributions...
View ArticleLa. SC makes ruling in case brought by alleged father over child’s death
BATON ROUTE, La. (Legal Newsline) – The Louisiana Supreme Court has found that an alleged biological father had the right to bring a wrongful death and survival action for his illegitimate child,...
View ArticleCalifornia tops Judicial Hellholes list
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – California finds itself at the top of this year’s Judicial Hellholes rankings, knocking Philadelphia from the perch. The American Tort Reform Association released its...
View ArticleJudicial election spending nearly hits $30 million
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Television advertising in state Supreme Court elections nearly hit $30 million this year. The record $29.7 million was spent on more than 51,000 ads this year,according to...
View ArticleReport: Caldwell has paid more than $15M to outside lawyers on BP case
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) — Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has paid more than $15 million to outside lawyers for work on the state’s case against oil giant BP over the 2010 Gulf oil...
View ArticleLa. AG files second suit against GlaxoSmithKline
BATON ROUGE (Legal Newsline) — Louisiana Attorney General James “Buddy” Caldwell last week filed a second suit against British health care giant GlaxoSmithKline LLC. This time, the attorney general is...
View ArticleToyota agrees to $29 million multi-state settlement
WASHINGTON, DC (Legal Newsline) – Toyota Motor Corporation and its related North American entities agreed to a $29 million multi-state settlement Thursday to resolve allegations that the company...
View ArticleCaldwell sending $184K in restitution to scam victims
Caldwell BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced on Friday that his office is hand-delivering $184,000 worth of checks to 18 victims of a driveway...
View ArticleReport: La. AG advised Jindal to cancel Medicaid contract
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) — Louisiana Attorney General James “Buddy” Caldwell reportedly directed Gov. Bobby Jindal to cancel a Medicaid contract with a Maryland company, pointing to ties to...
View ArticleFederal judge OKs CSB probe of Deepwater Horizon disaster
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) — A federal judge has dismissed Transocean’s request to dismiss subpoenas for records of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal also...
View ArticleLa. AG urges gym customers to file claim
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) — Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell urged customers of a Baton Rouge gym on Thursday to film a claim with his Consumer Protection section if they were...
View ArticleScruggs’ conviction upheld by federal appeals panel
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the corruption conviction of disgraced attorney Dickie Scruggs. Scruggs A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...
View ArticleUPS delivery driver will get nearly $1 million, La. SC rules
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — The Louisiana Supreme Court has reinstated a nearly $1 million judgment against the state of Louisiana for injuries a UPS delivery driver sustained while maneuvering a...
View ArticleLa. AG: LSU hospitals’ privatization doesn’t need legislative OK
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — Louisiana Attorney General James “Buddy” Caldwell, in an opinion last week, said the state legislature does not need to approve the privatization of Louisiana State...
View ArticleFifth Circuit sides with debt collector
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a ruling earlier this month, sided with a debt collection agency in a lawsuit filed against it for alleged violations...
View ArticleReport: Legal watchdog groups call out La. AG for pay-to-play system
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) — Legal watchdog groups are calling out Louisiana Attorney General James “Buddy” Caldwell for giving out lucrative state contracts to top campaign donors. Caldwell In a...
View ArticlePenguin reaches multi-state agreement over e-book price-fixing
DENVER (Legal Newsline) – Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced a multi-state agreement Wednesday with book publisher Penguin Group (USA) Inc. to resolve allegations of collusion with other...
View ArticleLa. AG reminds Powerhouse Gym consumers to file claim
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell reminded consumers Wednesday to file a claim with his Consumer Protection Division by May 31 if they were adversely...
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