A federal appeals court this week upheld a lower court’s decision that Orleans Parish Magistrate Judge Harry Cantrell has an inherent conflict of interest in setting bail amounts and then using the resulting revenue to pay his staff and office expenses. Read more...
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BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards won his second term in Saturday's hard-fought runoff election but an up-north newspaper's rebuke of him and Louisiana earlier this month still remains, tort reform
NEW ORLEANS – The race for an open Louisiana Supreme Court seat in Saturday's primary is "high on intrigue, low on interest," but some of the state's coastal and oil litigators are backing one candida
NEW ORLEANS – Four Republicans are vying for an open Louisiana Supreme Court seat in the 1st District in Saturday's primary, with one candidate getting support from the state's coastal and oil litigat
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