NEW ORLEANS – We asked more than 500 local business leaders how they are dealing with the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of their insights and observations: How are you coping with the current coronavirus crisis?…
NEW ORLEANS - Last Friday, there were 2,700 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 119 deaths in Louisiana. One week later, there are more than 10,000 cases and nearly 400 deaths. Worldwide, there are more than 1 million confirmed cases. Governments at…
NEW ORLEANS - Anger over the unresolved Hard Rock Hotel collapse has been set aside for a month as the city's attention has been fixed on the escalating coronavirus pandemic, but the daily paper broke news today that will help…
NEW ORLEANS – We asked more than 500 local business leaders how they are dealing with the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of their insights and observations: How are you coping during the coronavirus crisis? Rebecca…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Plans to demolish the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which partially collapsed in October, remain in limbo as the city and developers disagree over how to safely bring down the structure. The hotel developer, 1031…
NEW ORLEANS - Last Friday, there were nearly 500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Louisiana. Ten people had died as a result of complications from the disease. As of this writing, there are more than 2,700 cases and 119 deaths…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A group of Louisiana flood victims who have been owed over $300 million for the past decade have filed a lawsuit against the state for failure to pay. The Advocate reports that Tangipahoa Parish home and small…
NEW ORLEANS - On Monday, the Louisiana workers' rights group Unleash Local Coalition called on the Louisiana State Legislature to lift the state ban on local paid sick leave laws following reports of the state’s first case of the coronavirus.…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Business groups see an opportunity with the new, more conservative Republican-led Louisiana Legislature to gain traction on a top goal, to rein in civil lawsuits and damage awards against them. GOP lawmakers have made the…
BATON ROUGE - The LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center has established a loan repayment assistance program to encourage its recent graduates to practice in public service positions in Louisiana. The program is supported by the Kendall Vick Public Law…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana district judge said Monday that he'll decide within weeks whether Treasurer John Schroder should be forced to transfer millions in unclaimed property money to cover government operating expenses, in response to a lawsuit…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday that he would renew his fight to raise Louisiana's minimum wage in the upcoming legislative session, but he offered little insight into whether he would agree to Republican demands to…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Weeks before a government commission weighs in on the subject, federal appeals court judges will consider whether the military's all-male draft system is constitutional. A Texas-based federal judge ruled last year that it is not, in…
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The Hope Medical Group for Women in northern Louisiana fields phone calls every day from anxious pregnant women who ask if abortion is still legal and if the clinic, one of only three that provides abortions…
BATON ROUGE - Growth of Louisiana’s unemployment trust fund could lower the tax bills of state employers, though many businesses are not paying their share, officials said Friday. Many companies avoid paying into the fund by classifying employees as temporary…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Landry confirmed Wednesday that Louisiana is among the 39 states investigating the marketing and sales practices of e-cigarette maker Juul Labs. The states are looking into claims the company targeted youths with…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints headed to court Thursday in a bid to block the release of hundreds of confidential emails detailing the behind-the-scenes public relations work the team did for the area's Roman Catholic archdiocese amid…
BATON ROUGE - When Louisiana lawmakers legalized alcohol delivery last year, they set up a system that allowed third-party companies to deliver for stores and restaurants that didn’t want to do it themselves. But the third-party rule came with a catch:…
NEW ORLEANS - Frilot LLC announced that six of its attorneys have been named to the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. The following attorneys received this prestigious designation for proven…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards sued Louisiana's state treasurer Friday for blocking a $25 million fund transfer the governor and lawmakers earmarked for government operating expenses, asking the courts to settle who has ultimate authority over…
NEW ORLEANS – Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux LLC announced that Peter J. Segrist has been promoted from associate to partner at the firm. He practices primarily in the commercial litigation, banking and lender liability, bankruptcy, and…
HOUSTON – Coats Rose - a transactional and litigation law firm focused on development - announced the promotion to director of S. Shannon Davis Hunter and F. Christopher Wootten to director. Both Hunter and Wootten are in the firm’s affordable…
NEW ORLEANS - LSU Law announced that Professor Keith B. Hall has been appointed director of the LSU John P. Laborde Energy Law Center. He had been serving as interim director of the center for approximately a year. “Professor Hall…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that The Associated Press may be heard in a court dispute over whether to release hundreds of confidential emails that detail the New Orleans Saints' behind-the-scenes public relations work to help area…
NEW ORLEANS– Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux LLC announced that Emily Lippold Gummer has been promoted to Member effective Jan. 1, 2020. Ms. Gummer is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office…
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana lawmakers are beginning to file bills to be considered in the legislative session that begins March 9, including a measure that would reignite a contentious debate about the state’s legal climate. Rep. Raymond Garofalo, a Chalmette…
NEW ORLEANS - City Council Vice President Jason Williams proposed the creation of a temporary special committee of the Council's Criminal Justice Committee to investigate last October's partial collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel at Rampart and Canal streets. "I…
NEW ORLEANS - Mike Boyd has joined Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer as a transactional attorney where his practice will focus on general business, mergers & acquisitions, and real estate transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Mike practiced law for three…
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana officials are looking for ways to promote recreational access to waterways while protecting the rights of property owners and minimizing the costs to state taxpayers of any changes. It’s a tricky balancing act in a state…
NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and other characters from “The Great Gatsby” have been as real to millions of readers as people in their own lives, exemplars and victims of the American pursuit of wealth…
