NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Policyholders at odds with their insurers over Hurricane Ida damage claims may now be able to resolve their disputes through a mediation program created by the Louisiana Department of Insurance. “I’m confident this new…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Forman Watkins & Krutz welcomes Chandler Agee to its New Orleans office. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Southern University Law Center and received his bachelor's degree from Lincoln University. While in law…
NEW ORLEANS - On Thursday night, billionaire Richard Branson hosted a series of events — including a short downtown parade featuring the St. Augustine Marching 100 — to promote the opening of Virgin Hotels New Orleans on Baronne Street. The…
NEW ORLEANS – Continuing its national insurance practice expansion, Chaffe McCall welcomes new associate Valerie Moss Andrews to the firm’s New Orleans office. “We are pleased to continue our ongoing national insurance practice growth with the addition of Valerie, and…
BATON ROUGE – A Lafayette Parish judge has dismissed a lawsuit against one of Louisiana’s largest regional health systems, where dozens of employees sued over a COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Ochsner Lafayette General employs 4,500 health care workers and staff across…
NEW ORLEANS — Jones Walker LLP announced that Lena Giangrosso has joined the firm’s New Orleans office as special counsel in the litigation practice group and a member of the healthcare litigation team. Giangrosso is a litigator and trial and…
NEW ORLEANS — Adams and Reese LLP has announced that Ricardo “Richard” Aguilar has joined the firm’s financial services practice as a partner in the New Orleans office. He brings experience in commercial…
NEW ORLEANS – McGlinchey Stafford has announced that Casey O’Flynn has joined its national corporate and M&A practice in its New Orleans office as an associate. He joins from a boutique construction law firm in Louisiana. Prior to that, he…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit alleges that Louisiana's largest electric utility used a “bubble gum and super glue” approach to maintenance and construction that left customers sweltering in the dark without adequate sewage treatment after Hurricane Ida. The suit…
NEW ORLEANS - From Kean Miller: This month, Kean Miller LLP achieved Mansfield Certification Plus for 2021 after completing the Mansfield Rule 4.0 certification program. This recognition follows its 3.0 certification in 2020 and emphasizes a commitment to improving diversity…
NEW ORLEANS – From the law firm of Garcia & Artigliere: In the aftermath of alleged abuses related to Hurricane Ida, Law firm Garcia & Artigliere said it has filed a class action lawsuit…
NEW ORLEANS - Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP announced it is donating $50,000 to Hurricane Ida relief. The firm is making the donation through the Greater New Orleans Foundation Hurricane Ida Relief Fund, which will distribute those funds to relief…
NEW ORLEANS - From Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann: Hurricane Ida has come and gone and many of us are in recovery mode – literally picking up the pieces and yearning for our normal routines. Our thoughts are with our communities,…
NEW ORLEANS — From Adams and Reese: Adams and Reese LLP marks 70 years of service to businesses, organizations, and professionals in 2021, as the firm reaches a significant milestone in its history. The firm was launched with a shared…
NEW ORLEANS - Amanda Francis has joined the energy and environmental litigation group at Kean Miller's New Orleans office. Previously, she was a judicial law clerk at the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. She earned her B.A., cum laude,…
NEW ORLEANS – Riess LeMieux has announced that five of the firm’s lawyers have been named to the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The list includes: Michael R. C. Riess Admiralty and Maritime Law Construction Law Christopher…
NEW ORLEANS - Thomas M. Flanagan, Harold J. Flanagan, Sean P. Brady, Caitlin J. Flanagan and Brandon C. Briscoe of Flanagan Partners LLP have been named to the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers, the…
NEW ORLEANS – Law firm Shields Mott announced that six of its lawyers have been named to the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America. And Lloyd "Sonny" Shields was named 2022 "Lawyer…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Amid public and political scrutiny, the New Orleans Saints have adopted a new refund policy allowing fans to relinquish their season tickets and get their money back. The Saints plan to fill the 73,000-seat Superdome for…
NEW ORLEANS - Bradley Murchison is pleased to announce that five firm members have been recently recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas: Malcom S. Murchison – Real Estate Law, Shreveport Kay…
NEW ORLEANS – Best Lawyers, a peer-review guide to the legal profession, named 31 Stone Pigman attorneys representing 38 areas of law to its 2022 list of Best Lawyers in America on Thursday. Five Stone Pigman attorneys were named “Lawyer…
BATON ROUGE – A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to proponents of dozens of environmental lawsuits aimed at oil and gas companies that have operated in Louisiana. The state and six coastal parishes have filed 42 lawsuits against…
BATON ROUGE - Melanie Anderson, who has served as assistant director of the LSU Law Office of Career Services since 2012, has been promoted to associate director following a broad national search. “Melanie’s years of experience, her expertise, her intense…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A group of unemployed Louisiana residents filed a lawsuit challenging Gov. John Bel Edwards’ decision to stop accepting the federal pandemic benefits that gave jobless workers an extra $300-a-week boost and made some self-employed and gig workers…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has announced six new arrests relating to the state’s COVID-19 unemployment assistance program, a system that has helped hundreds of thousands of displaced workers while being plagued with abuse. Landry said the…
NEW ORLEANS — McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that Camille Bryant, a partner at the firm, has been honored with the Brandes S.G. Ash/Toya Carmichael Leadership Award from the National Bar Association. The award is in recognition of Bryant’s…
NEW ORLEANS — The law firm of Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver has opened an office in Cleveland, its first in the state of Ohio. The new location comes in response to client…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A policy governing the use of online social media and platforms by employees of the city of New Orleans unconstitutionally limits free speech, a lawsuit filed Thursday by two of the city's library system employees claims.…
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a First Amendment challenge to the Louisiana State Bar Association’s mandatory membership and compelled dues requirements. The ruling reversed a lower court dismissal and remanded…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — CITGO Petroleum Corp. has agreed to pay $19.7 million to restore natural resources damaged during a 2006 spill at its southwest Louisiana refinery that saw millions of gallons of waste oil and wastewater sent into the…
