U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
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Sun Belt will face racism accusations in federal court
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The Sun Belt Conference’s former chief compliance officer will have to pursue his racial discrimination lawsuit in federal court. -
Louisiana Native Americans can fight closure of elementary school
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana Native American tribe can proceed with one of the six arguments it made in court following the closure of a school in Terrebonne Parish. -
Orleans Parish says it's not to blame for suicide of military academy cadet
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A local school board wants out of a lawsuit brought against it and others over the suicide of a student at the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy. -
BP oil spill lawyers avoid class action by unhappy clients
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Gulf Coast residents who wanted to sue BP over the 2010 oil spill that they said prevented them from finding fish to eat have, for now, lost their effort to form a class action against the lawyers who allegedly squandered that chance. -
BP oil spill lawyer agrees to pay $90K to firm she hired to fight suit from upset clients
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A lawyer sued by her BP oil spill clients has agreed to pay the bill she racked up defending herself. -
Attorney's lawsuit over his fall off a hotel toilet back to state court after judge flushes defendants' arguments
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge has agreed with a lawyer who sued Penn National Gaming over a fall off a hotel toilet that the case should be heard in state court. -
Mass tort lawyers need more practice naming proper defendants, motion says
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A consulting firm sued by mass tort lawyers is urging a federal judge to throw out the case, arguing they failed to make specific allegations in their lawsuit. -
Mass tort lawyers sue consultant it hired for litigation
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) -- A Louisiana law firm has brought suit against consultants over a seven-figure dispute. -
Lawyer sued by former oil spill clients is now sued by firm that did her defense
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A law firm has brought suit against a former client - a Mississippi plaintiffs firm - for failure to pay and breach of contract. -
Challenge filed to personal injury lawyer's case over fall off hotel toilet
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – An employee of New Orleans’ Boomtown Casino Hotel says the personal injury lawyer suing him over a fall off the toilet is pulling some shenanigans to keep the case out of federal court. -
Plaintiffs lawyers reach settlement in dispute over failed Louisiana partnership
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A disappointing alliance between personal injury lawyers is at the center of a new lawsuit in Louisiana. -
Class action lawsuit: Saints fans who bought tickets to NFC title game deserved better than that finish
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - The penalty call not heard ’round the world – one that many believe would have sent the New Orleans Saints to the Super Bowl instead of the L.A. Rams – is being resurrected in a lawsuit filed against the National Football League (NFL) on behalf of everyone who bought a ticket to the infamous NFC championship game in January. -
Woman alleges Synergy Law did not contact mortgage servicer, failed to provide refund
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A Cut Off, Louisiana resident has filed a class-action lawsuit against Virginia firm over allegations of fraud regarding its mortgage services. -
Feds seek penalties against Shell Offshore over 2016 oil spill
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The federal government has filed a suit against Shell Offshore Inc. over a May 2016 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Louisiana credit union settles EEOC charges of firing worker who criticized racially offensive video
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana credit union will pay $110,000 to settle a federal agency's lawsuit that alleges the company fired an African-American branch manager because she complained that a training video was racially offensive. -
EEOC: Specialty apparel chain fired employee after learning she was pregnant
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against a New Orleans specialty apparel chain, alleging the company fired one of its managers after learning she was pregnant. -
Louisiana, federal government allege Shell is liable for damages from Gulf oil spill
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – The federal government and Louisiana are seeking damages from an oil production company over a 2016 pipeline leak that discharged several thousand gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. -
Judge tosses TCPA claim over texts from Anthem, calls suit 'unwarranted'
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Anthem Inc. and others that alleged the company sent unwanted text messages in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. -
Declaratory judgment sought for agreement between two New Orleans law firms
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – A law firm in Orleans Parish, New Orleans is seeking declaratory judgment from the court regarding an agreement with another law firm in the parish. -
Federal judge rules 1,200 Xarelto lawsuits will be removed from MDL for disposition in separate trials
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge has ruled that 1,200 product liability lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of anti-coagulant drug Xarelto will soon be removed from their multi-district litigation (MDL) status, for resolution in separate jury trials.