All the headlines from our Louisiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 10 2023 // Three former attorneys for the McClenny Moseley & Associates are urging a judge to lift a nine-month suspension that bars them from practicing in the federal Western District of Louisiana and pin blame for the law...
Aug 7 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A south Louisiana parish is suing the Port of New Orleans to block it from building a planned $1.8 billion container facility.The St. Bernard Parish District Attorney`s Office filed the lawsuit this...
Aug 7 2023 // A day after the Louisiana Supreme Court announced that it is lifting a stay on hurricane-damage lawsuits filed by McClenny Moseley & Associates, Insurance Commissioner James Donelon in late July issued a directive...
Aug 1 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A McDonald`s franchise that controls 12 restaurants in metro New Orleans violated child labor laws and has hired more than 80 minors in two states, the U.S. Department of Labor said.CLB Investments LLC...
Jul 28 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – This summer – as blistering heat waves scorched the Southwest, wildfire smoke from Canada choked much of North America, a drought in the central U.S. devastated soybean and corn crops, and...
Jul 27 2023 // Former attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates hope to persuade a federal judge to lift a suspension that prevents them from practicing in the Western District of Louisiana, including one young lawyer who says he...
Jul 26 2023 // Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Office of Community Development announced that homeowners impacted by Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Ida and the May 2021 severe storms have until August 1 to complete the Restore...
Jul 25 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisianans whose personal information was exposed in a massive data breach that affected the state`s Office of Motor Vehicles last month, will receive one year of free credit monitoring and...
Jul 24 2023 // Acrisure said that local partners in its South Region will be rebranded as Acrisure in a continuation of the firm’s global brand roll out. As part of the roll out, Acrisure businesses in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas...
Jul 24 2023 // Insurance companies have written more than 17,000 policies through the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program as of May 31, Commission Jim Donelon announced last week.SafePoint Insurance and its affiliate Cajun Underwriters...
Jul 21 2023 // A day after the Louisiana Supreme Court announced that it is lifting a stay on hurricane-damage lawsuits filed by McClenny Moseley & Associates, state Insurance Commissioner James Donelon on Thursday issued a directive...
Jul 18 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) received 2,163 complaints and helped consumers recover $4,287,867 in additional payments from insurers between January 1 and June 30, 2023, the department said.Property &...
Jul 17 2023 // The United States has finalized a settlement agreement with IM Baton Rouge OPCO, LLC, owner and manager of the Residence Inn by Marriott Baton Rouge Towne Center Cedar Lodge (the “Marriott Towne Center”), to...
Jul 17 2023 // PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) __ A fire at a Louisiana chemical plant triggered explosions that shook homes several miles away and sent flames and smoke billowing into the air, prompting emergency officials to urge a few hundred...
Jul 17 2023 // A Port Allen, Louisiana pharmacy and its owner must pay $275,000 to resolve a federal civil lawsuit under the Controlled Substances Act, United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced.U.S. District Judge Brian A....
Jul 14 2023 // EMERSON, Ark. (AP) – Forecasters warned Wednesday of possible life threatening flash flooding in parts of southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana as heavy rain battered the region. The National Weather Service urged...
Jul 3 2023 // Louisiana homeowners will soon be able to apply for grants to retrofit their roofs to beyond-code construction standards, spurring discounts to their insurance premiums.State lawmakers appropriated $30 million to the...
Jun 26 2023 // A Port Allen, Louisiana pharmacy and its owner must pay $275,000 to resolve a federal civil lawsuit under the Controlled Substances Act, United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced.U.S. District Judge Brian A....
Jun 23 2023 // TULSA, Okla. (AP) – Thousands of residents in Oklahoma and Louisiana remained without electricity Wednesday as work crews continued to repair power lines damaged by weekend storms.In Tulsa, Oklahoma, less than 92,000...
Jun 20 2023 // The Council for the Advancement of Social Services and Education, doing business as CASSE Community Health Institute, violated federal law when it subjected a Black employee to a hostile work environment on the basis of...