NEW ORLEANS (press release) — The Louisiana Bar Foundation is one of 12 recipients of an American Bar Endowment Opportunity Grant, which is designed to address the unmet legal needs of underserved communities around the country. LBF will receive a…
NEW ORLEANS — Matthew Pertuit, an associate at Chehardy, Sherman, Williams, Recile and Hayes specializing in complex personal injury litigation, received the Top 10 Under 40 Attorney Award in Louisiana for 2022 from the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys.…
NEW ORLEANS — Liberty's Kitchen announced that the Hon. Calvin Johnson has been named the new chair of the organization's board of directors, succeeding Tiffany Harvill, who will continue to serve on the board. After retiring as a judge from…
EDGARD, La. (AP) — Descendants of slaves who lived and toiled in southeastern Louisiana won a key ruling Thursday allowing their legal challenge to go forward against a $400 million grain elevator planned along the Mississippi River, although the company…
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — The House Commerce Committee approved occupational licensing reforms designed to help previously incarcerated individuals and improve the licensing process. Committee members unanimously approved House bills 597 and 639 to change aspects of the state’s…
NEW ORLEANS — Kean Miller announced that Brett P. Fenasci is returning as a partner in its New Orleans office, practicing with the offshore energy and marine litigation group. Fenasci has extensive litigation and trial experience in matters involving admiralty…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Legislation aimed at expanding patient access to medical marijuana in Louisiana was advanced Tuesday by a state House committee. Tuesday's votes in the House Health and Welfare Committee sent the bills to the full House for…
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers are considering legislation to create a special "tandem load" permit for trucks hauling shipping containers from the state’s ports in an effort to relieve issues with the supply chain. The Senate Transportation,…
NEW ORLEANS – Emergency Legal Responders has announced the hiring of Amelia Hoppe as executive director. ELR’s mission is to provide "tailored, easily digestible legal information and services to help people faced with legal emergencies." The nonprofit’s work to date…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — The UNO Survey Research Center, under the direction of Dr. Edward Chervenak, has released the results of an April 2022 survey on the legalization of recreational marijuana in Louisiana. Registered voters were randomly selected for…
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation into allegations the Louisiana departments of Environmental Quality and Health discriminated against black residents in assessing permits for large industrial plants. The move stems from…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Fishman Haygood announced that Mike Dodson, a partner in the firm’s litigation section, has been selected for the 2022 Leadership Louisiana class. The program, an initiative of the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL), was…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (press release) – This week, Congressman Troy Carter (D-LA) and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced the bipartisan Veterans Affairs (VA) Flood Preparedness Act. The proposed legislation aims to incorporate weather resiliency into Veterans Affairs facilities by allowing the…
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) – Civil rights groups and voting activists filed lawsuits challenging Louisiana’s new congressional redistricting map hours after lawmakers voted to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of the maps. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational…
NEW ORLEANS — Former Saints head coach Sean Payton will give the Loyola University New Orleans undergraduate commencement address on May 14 at the UNO Lakefront Arena. He will also receive an honorary doctor of letters at the ceremony. After…
NEW ORLEANS — Dr. Todd Sladek has joined Baker Donelson's intellectual property group as of counsel in the firm's New Orleans office. A patent lawyer who represents clients in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical space, Sladek focuses his practice on drafting…
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) – A bill to exempt booking photos from public records has gained approval from lawmakers on the Louisiana House and Governmental Affairs Committee and now moves to the full House. Committee members voted 11-1…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — McGlinchey is pleased to announce the return of the annual Dermot S. McGlinchey Lecture on Federal Litigation at Tulane Law School. Professors James E. Fleming and Linda C.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago have won a $75.3 million court judgement against the city, its housing authority and the local school board. State district…
LAKE CHARLES (AP) — A Louisiana port owes $124.5 million to owners of a $50 million-plus grain export terminal because the port failed to get federal permits for dredging required by its lease, a federal magistrate judge has ruled. Lake…
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana-based TeleLeaf, a virtual medical marijuana program connecting patients with doctors, said the state of the industry is strong since the legalization of "flower" (smokable marijuana) in Louisiana in early 2022. TeleLeaf said flower – the raw,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials, facing a shortage of city police officers, can increase the number of hours a week that city police officers are allowed to work private security details, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District…
BATON ROUGE — Kean Miller has named Bryant Bremer a partner at its downtown Baton Rouge office. Bremer practices in the areas of environmental regulation, compliance, incident and emergency response, and occupational exposure litigation. With more than 20 years of…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by Gulf of Mexico charter fishing boat operators opposed to federal regulations that include a requirement that they affix tracking equipment to their vessels. U.S. District Judge…
NEW ORLEANS — Carver Darden announced that Robert Stassi has been named managing member and both Haley Nix and Conor Lutkewitte have been named partners with the firm effective Jan. 1. Stassi has practiced…
NEW ORLEANS — From Louisiana Medical Marijuana Doctors via the New Orleans Agenda: House Bill 391, signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards in December, authorizes dispensaries to sell the smokable form of cannabis known as "flower." In Louisiana,…
NEW ORLEANS – Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann has announced that Holland Familia has joined the firm as business development director. Familia has experience in legal and retail marketing, media planning and buying, and project management. She comes to Stone Pigman…
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana’s newest tax credit is designed to help families who have lost a child late in pregnancy. This year, grieving parents can claim a credit on their taxes that may alleviate some of the financial and emotional…
NEW ORLEANS — Last week, Biz New Orleans asked members of the “New Orleans 500” what needs to be done to stop the recent rise in violent crime — and how the business community can help. To address the immediate…
NEW ORLEANS — Denise C. Puente has been named the new managing partner of Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn LLP. The practice was founded in 1979 by a group of attorneys who "shared a vision and philosophy to provide excellent…
