Law

Four of Louisiana’s five courts of appeal—though not the one based in Baton Rouge—are...

The Metro Council has approved a nearly $1 million settlement to the Department of Transportation and Development for a 2022 incident in which a city employee struck the Airline Highway overpass at Florida Boulevard. 

Five settlements worth about $1.6 billion against banks accused of helping to facilitate a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that swindled numerous Baton Rouge investors have been approved, following a court hearing today. 

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of St. Bernard Parish against Port NOLA in an effort to stop the operation of a port facility in the parish, reports WDSU.com.

Allen Stanford, who has been convicted of leading a multibillion Ponzi scheme that ensnared numerous Baton Rouge investors, is challenging settlements that would allow victims to recoup some of their losses.

The second St. George legal verse was the same as the first: It’s all...

A fraudulent $15,000 withdrawal from a city-parish employee’s deferred retirement account was not reported to the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office or the district attorney as required by law, the LLA reports. 

While recent legislation might eventually make it easier for Louisiana businesses to remit sales taxes, it doesn’t achieve advocates’ longtime goal of centralizing state sales tax collection. 

The U.S. Department of Energy this week denied a request from several environmental advocacy...

The three Republican judges who unanimously ruled against the incorporation of St. George are guilty of “judicial overreach,” a GOP state representative says.