Louisiana Swamp Watch, a watchdog organization launched earlier this year, has been publishing a series of articles on issues related to the Louisiana coastal parish lawsuits. Links to the series are below:
A Look at Louisiana's Coastal Lawsuits
The Trial-Lawyer Behind the Coastal Suits
Trial Lawyers’ “Big Bank Accounts” Got Him Elected. He’s Returning the Favor
Hypocrisy of Parish Presidents and Their Trial Lawyer Funders
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...