Buddy Caldwell and his campaign treasurer’s lawsuit against State Farm to speed up
An anti-trust lawsuit against State Farm brought by Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, with help from his former campaign...
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- Dec 18, 2014
Special master demands return of BP claims money from fishermen
Following the BP oil spill in 2010 and the company’s $9.2 billion settlement, three commercial fishermen were apparently paid $580,000....
- Dec 17, 2014
Justice for sale?
Are campaign donations corrupting Louisiana’s courts and undermining our system of electing judges? It no secret that lawyers, as a...
- Dec 16, 2014
Fraud Alert: Special investigator identifies yet another Deepwater Horizon seafood fund claim based
From the Louisiana Record: “An investigator probing fraud in the multi-billion dollar Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement has filed a...
- Dec 12, 2014
Court Watch: Third Circuit continues to show signs of judicial activism with a troubling ruling on a
The Third Circuit Appellate Court continues to earn its reputation as one of Louisiana’s most activist judicial bodies. It seems...
- Dec 4, 2014
BP oil spill claims adjuster pleads guilty to $257,400 wire fraud
From the Times-Picayune: A former BP oil spill claims adjuster pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing false claims for people who were not...
- Dec 3, 2014
Deepwater Horizon audit finds one in five business, seafood claims lack proper documentation
From the Louisiana Record: An audit of the Deepwater Horizon settlement facility shows that nearly one in five claims in certain...
- Dec 3, 2014
Accounting audit shows nearly 20% of business & seafood claims not properly documented in Deepwater
Plaintiffs’ lawyers are working overtime to spin media coverage of a recently released accounting audit of the all-you-can-eat litigation...
- Dec 3, 2014
Plaquemines Parish oil and gas environmental damages suit moves from federal to state court
From the Times-Picayune: In a setback for the energy industry, a federal judge has ordered an environmental damages lawsuit filed by...
- Nov 29, 2014
Feds probe LaPlace bar owner for BP claims, tax filings
From the Times-Picayune: Federal investigators are expanding their inquiry into a LaPlace tax preparer accused of shortchanging the...
- Nov 21, 2014
Effort to remove embattled Gulf Spill claims administrator who has presided over scandal, abuse & in
The Associated Press reports that BP filed a notice stating it plans to head back to federal appeals court in an effort to oust claims...
- Nov 21, 2014
Judge Barbier okays $500 million disbursement into oil spill fund that is marked by fraud
The Louisiana Record reports on the news of U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s decision to release a second round of settlement money to...
- Nov 18, 2014
SLFPA lawyers predicts coastal lawsuits will continue, one way or another
The Louisiana trial lawyer who’s made millions off of lawsuits against energy producers and the petrochemical industry was recently...
- Nov 16, 2014
Lawyers ‘Overbilled’ for 9/11 Settlements of Sick Workers
In a greedy grab for blood money, a law firm representing sick and dying Ground Zero workers overbilled its legal partner by $36 million...
- Nov 11, 2014
Levee breach lawsuit illustrates class action racket
Class actions are in a class by themselves when it comes to generating multi-million dollar fees for lawyers. Unfortunately, this is...
- Nov 11, 2014
Attorneys accused in BP kickback scheme await ruling from judge
The Louisiana Record published a piece covering this week’s news of U.S. District Carl Barbier’s finding that four attorneys connected to...
- Nov 11, 2014
Judge Barbier denies motion to remove embattled Gulf spill claims administrator who has presided ove
US. District Judge Carl Barbier, who is overseeing a massive settlement stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill, ruled against a motion to...
- Nov 4, 2014
District judge faces sanctions for trip, other alleged improprieties
A state district court judge is facing a possible 30-day suspension for alleged improprieties that include accepting an all-expense-paid...
- Nov 3, 2014
Judicial activism at its worst? State judge rules law prohibiting levee authority’s wetlands damage
The Times-Picayune reports 19th Judicial District Court Judge Janice Clark ruled Act 544, a law passed by the 2014 Legislature to halt...
- Nov 3, 2014
Only two out of twelve judgeships are being contested in Orleans Parish Civil District Court judicia
The LA Record reports, the November 4th “election doesn’t offer voters many choices when it comes to selecting judges. In Orleans Parish...