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Washington Examiner: Legal Newsline scores big win for asbestos transparency
Check out this latest piece from the Washington Examiner, highlighting how Legal Newsline was able to shine light on the issue of lawsuit...
Jul 29, 2014
Quin Hillyer: On wetlands suit, know when to fold’em
In today’s Advocate, Quin Hillyer writes, “The levee board for southeastern Louisiana is acting like one of those suckers in a “match the...
Jul 27, 2014
Claims administrator Patrick Juneau defends statements
Melissa Landry, executive director of Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, said Juneau’s comments in the Advertiser article raise questions...
Jul 26, 2014
Deepwater Horizon Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau defends negative statements made about BP's CE
NEW ORLEANS – Deepwater Horizon Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau said he was not threatening to sue the chief executive of BP PLC when...
Jul 26, 2014
Legal Newsline scores big win for asbestos transparency: Examiner Editorial
Garlock Sealing Technologies, founded in 1887, originally produced seals for rods in locomotive steam engines. Over the years, it used...
Jul 26, 2014
‘Every Exposure’ Theory Rejected In Asbestos Case
The Louisiana Record today reports that, “A Louisiana federal judge has rejected the ‘every exposure’ theory in an asbestos lawsuit and...
Jul 26, 2014
"Every exposure" theory rejected in La. asbestos case
SHREVEPORT (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana federal judge has rejected the “every exposure” theory in an asbestos lawsuit and granted...
Jul 25, 2014
National Watchdog Group Names Louisiana Small Business Owner Mike Carter as Legal Reformer of the Mo
Today’s guest blog post comes to us from Sick of Lawsuits, a national online network of people who are interested in restoring integrity...
Jul 21, 2014
Quin Hillyer Calls Out Levee Board Lawsuit as “Pure Poison”
Columnist for The Advocate Quin Hillyer took to the pages of today’s paper to explain how the attorney “Gladstone Jones is taking...
Jul 21, 2014
$15M earmarked for La.’s Gulf oil spill litigation
BATON ROUGE — Lawmakers added $15 million today to the attorney general’s budget to pay for Louisiana’s ongoing legal case against BP for...
Jul 18, 2014
Judge Orders Lawyers to Repay Portion of Client’s Fraudulent Claim
We’ve been keeping track of fraud in the Gulf litigation and highlighting the abuses in the system – and now a Louisiana-based judge is...
Jul 17, 2014
Lawyer for levee authority says battle over coastal loss lawsuit is just beginning
When Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a controversial bill retroactively banning the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East from...
Jul 14, 2014
Proud to celebrate transparency and HB 799
Today we are proud to celebrate transparency and the signing of HB 799 with Governor Bobby Jindal and other legal reformers. This...
Jul 9, 2014
VIDEO: Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Struggle to Explain Why Environmental Clean Ups Are So Rare in LA, Despit
In a new WWL series, “Tainted Legacy,” plaintiffs’ lawyers fail to explain why decades of litigation have resulted in many million-dollar...
Jul 9, 2014
“Unbiased” legal expert on Gulf oil spill settlement outed for misleading public, media
The web of cronyism surrounding the Gulf oil spill claims process runs deep. The latest example of this recurring theme is a report from...
Jul 9, 2014
AP: Fed hearing set on parish-v-oil industry suit
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for Plaquemines Parish are set to argue that a lawsuit the parish filed against oil companies over coastal...
Jul 3, 2014
Examiner Editorial: Supreme Court cracks down on the trial lawyer gold mine
A recent US Supreme Court decision in Halliburton v. Erica P. John Fundplaces modest restrictions on out-of-control- securities class...
Jul 3, 2014
Sloppy lawsuit claims process leaves a trail of questionable awards in Gulf spill
Some plaintiff trial lawyers and their clients who were “unjustly enriched” though the oil spill settlement could soon be forced to give...
Jul 3, 2014
Environmental lawsuit against 92 energy companies belongs in federal court, judge rules
Oil field canals like these are one of the targets of the environmental damages lawsuit filed by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection...
Jun 29, 2014
Southeast Louisiana flood protection authority-east lawsuit remains in federal court
On Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protections Authority-East Lawsuit, commonly known as the “levee...
Jun 28, 2014
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