A Lafayette man was sentenced this week to 10 months in prison for his role in a broad insurance scam to stage traffic accidents with...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA– United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RYAN WHEATEN (“WHEATEN”), age 54, of Lafayette, Louisiana,...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA– United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that DONISESHA LEE (“DONISHA LEE”), age 30, of Harvey,...

For years, frivolous lawsuits levied by a few coastal parishes against hundreds of oil and gas companies have created a chilling effect...

The American Tort Reform Foundation recently released its annual “Judicial Hellholes” report, ranking Louisiana’s legal climate the sixth...

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves introduced legislation that could lower insurance rates for Louisiana drivers by making it a federal crime...

The American Tort Reform Association has ranked Louisiana the sixth-worst civil court jurisdiction in the country, making the state a top...

Louisiana Swamp Watch, a watchdog organization launched earlier this year, has been publishing a series of articles on issues related to...

(The Center Square) – Forty-three lawsuits have been waged against more than 200 energy-related companies in Louisiana since 2013, and...

The wreck yielded several personal injury lawsuits and a $677,500 settlement for the four people who were riding in the sedan at the time...

A 30-year-old New Orleans woman is the latest defendant to plead guilty in a brazen, years-long scheme to fill cars with willing...

Seven more defendants have been indicted in New Orleans for their alleged involvement in schemes to stage accidents with commercial...

The Civil Justice Reform Act of 2020 has been called the most relevant package of legal reforms in Louisiana since the 1990s. People...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMES “CURTIS” WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 66 of Gibson,...

Two more defendants pleaded guilty Wednesday in a sprawling federal investigation into staged vehicle crashes into big rigs across the...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that DONIESHA GIBSON (“GIBSON”), age 29, of New Orleans,...

Eastern District of Louisiana NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LOIS RUSSELL (“RUSSELL”), age...

Ponzi schemes didn’t die in prison with Bernie Madoff. Private plaintiffs’ attorneys, trial lawyers but not the typical billboard kind,...

NEW ORLEANS – A second trucking company that was scammed during a wide-ranging conspiracy to stage traffic accidents has filed a federal...

A New Orleans law firm and one of its members has been hit with a federal racketeering lawsuit over a series of truck wrecks that...