BATON ROUTE, La. (Legal Newsline) - The Louisiana Supreme Court has found that an alleged biological father had the right to bring a wrongful death and survival action for his illegitimate child, after finding the father had sufficiently avowed the child under Louisiana's "fact-pleading system."
Cuccinelli ABINGDON, Va. (Legal Newsline) - Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced the approval of a $1.5 billion settlement on Tuesday with Abbott Laboratories to resolve allegations of the unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote.
Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, in a motion filed in federal court late last week, opposes an estimated $7.8 billion deal between BP and a committee representing plaintiffs over claims related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Louisiana Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell says he won't take sides on who should become the state Supreme Court's next chief justice.
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - A video has recently surfaced that shows a consultant advising a group of trial lawyers to find the defendants with deep pockets when pursuing a "legacy lawsuit."
Kimball NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine "Kitty" Kimball announced last week she is retiring from the state's high court in January 2013.
Caldwell BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced Tuesday that his office has recovered $25.2 million from five pharmaceutical companies as part of agreements resolving allegations of unlawful inflation of drug costs.
Barbier NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier exiled Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell from Deepwater Horizon litigation and granted plaintiff lawyers a 6 percent charge on $14 billion in future settlements at BP's Gulf Coast Claims Facility.
Landry WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Louisiana State University's football is not the only Bayou State institution being ranked this year. The state of Louisiana made the American Tort Reform Foundation's annual Judicial Hellhole list.
Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - The state of Louisiana has complied with a federal judge's order to turn over documents relating to the Gulf oil spill and will not face thousands of dollars in daily fines or dismissal of its claims.
Barbier NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean and five workers settled personal injury suits that the workers undercut by pleading Fifth Amendment privilege against self incrimination.
Caldwell BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced on Monday that his office is seeking a court order to prohibit the current overseer of Gilbert Memorial Park from operating the cemetery's business.
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - An applicant for admission to the Louisiana bar has filed a lawsuit claiming his constitutional rights were violated after he was denied admission to the bar because of alcohol-related incidents which included two DWIs.
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - An Orleans Parish Civil District Court jury last week awarded $1.5 million in general damages to a man who contracted mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier had stern words for the state of Louisiana at the most recent BP oil spill MDL status conference regarding a recent filing by the State which came after a deadline set by a court management order.
Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier issued an order Tuesday reaffirming the rights of states in pursuing litigation against BP for damages relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill.
Strange NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge handling litigation against oil giant BP said he has not deprived states of their own counsel in clarifying a pre-trial order last week.
Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Two state attorneys general are complaining about the manner in which victims of the BP oil spill are being compensated.
Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has shot down the state of Louisiana's claims that it would not have purchased Merck & Co.'s prescription drug Vioxx if it knew of the dangers associated with it.
Caldwell NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - Eli Lilly & Co. is paying $24 million to settle the Zyprexa lawsuit brought by former Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti.
