A month after Attorney General Jeff Landry authorized a $100 million settlement with an oil and gas company, a group of state senators are blocking a change in state law needed to carry it out.
The settlement is between Freeport-McMoRan and coastal parishes that have sued the company alleging that its exploration and drilling activities decades ago have caused coastal loss. Read more...
A Louisiana appeals court has cleared the way for the transfer of private land for a hurricane levee project designed to protect tens of thousands of people in St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and St
JudgeMichelle Odinetresigned Friday from her seat for Division A of Lafayette City Court, her lawyer Dane Ciolino confirmed to The Advocate. Read more...
The American Tort Reform Foundation recently released its annual “Judicial Hellholes” report, ranking Louisiana’s legal climate the sixth worst in the U.S. Read more...
