An attorney for the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors says it’s too soon to predict when the agency staff will complete its investigation into a complaint, filed Dec. 28, seeking to disqualify one of the two bidders competing for a lucrative energy services contract at LSU.
The complaint filed Monday by Louisiana Energy Partners challenging competitor Enwave Energy’s eligibility to bid on a lucrative energy services contract at LSU because the Canadian company does not have a Louisiana contractor’s license recalls a similar procurement challenge over licensing issues that temporarily derailed the state’s flood recovery program in 2017.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to get involved in one of the higher-profile cases in the Stanford Group litigation, clearing the way for the receiver in the case to collect a $132 million settlement from two insurance brokerages involved in the scheme.
The Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors has updated its regulations to require brokers to record the actual sale price of property transactions in the Multiple Listing Service.
More than three years after the feds shut down First NBC Bank, the ripple effects from the failure of the New Orleans-based institution can still be seen in the Baton Rouge real estate market.