Law

Current and former members of the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council are at odds over a proposed state law that would create a local exception to rules governing the makeup of fire and police civil service boards. 

The bill would essentially eliminate the licenses of the roughly 3,200 home improvement contractors in Louisiana, Rep. Bryan Fontenot, R-Thibodaux, says.  

The state House of Representatives unanimously advanced a bill Thursday that would force the...

More than 900 victims of Allen Stanford’s multibillion dollar fraud who are suing a state agency won’t have to wait quite as long as first thought for their day in court. 

Regulators knew they were facing a political hornet’s nest when they launched a plan that would force businesses to disclose their carbon emissions and other climate data. 

Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet resigned today amid a bribery scandal in...

The Trichell Law Firm is relocating to an office on the corner of Napoleon and France streets in Beauregard Town.

Public access: As public frustration over Louisiana’s violent crime grows, Republican gubernatorial candidate Attorney...

Law firm Whitlow & Simmons LLC has moved into the third floor of the La Capitol Federal Credit Union building on Main Street.

Nearly $107 million in reimbursement requests that the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness submitted during the second half of last year were not supported by sufficient documentation.