Quantcast
Channel: Legal Newsline » Louisiana
Browsing all 62 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

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 Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Five 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Fifth 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

La. 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

California 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 Article


Judicial 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Report: 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

La. 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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Toyota 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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Caldwell 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Report: 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Federal 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

La. 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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Scruggs’ 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

UPS 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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

La. 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Fifth 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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Report: 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Penguin 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

La. 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...

View Article
Browsing all 62 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images