For the record: Attorney General Jeff Landry announced today his agency has settled a case against a Michigan business sued for mailing deceptive solicitations to more than 100,000 registered businesses in Louisiana. According to the AG’s office, The Mandatory Poster Agency Inc. solicited businesses for a $125 fee to provide annual corporate minutes that would fulfill Louisiana law. More than 2,000 businesses paid the fee, the AG’s office says. Under the settlement agreement, MPA must pay Louisiana $100,000 and offer restitution to those who paid the fee. The company also must offer refunds to businesses that have not yet been reimbursed the $125 fee.
On the hunt: Baton Rouge Community College has announced that it will begin a nationwide search for its next chancellor during the fall 2016 semester, with a recommendation anticipated on Dec. 14. The process will include meetings with System President Monty Sullivan, faculty,staff, students and the community. The goal of the meetings is to get input about which characteristics the next chancellor should exhibit. The Association of Community College Trustees will manage the search efforts. Dennis Michaelis was appointed acting chancellor on July 20 and became interim on Sept. 1. He assumed the role after Andrea Lewis-Miller left her role as BRCC chancellor to become president of LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee.
Under new management: Houston-based Cheniere Energy, owner of the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Lake Charles, announced today its board of directors has appointed Jack A. Fusco as president and CEO, effective immediately. Fusco succeeds Neal A. Shear who has served as Cheniere’s interim president and CEO since December. Fusco is joining Cheniere from the Calpine Corp., a generator of natural gas and geothermal resources, where he recently served as executive chairman of the board of directors. Fusco also previously served as CEO of Calpine, where he managed 2,300 employees and led one of the largest purchases of natural gas in America. Cheniere ousted its former CEO Charif Souki under pressure of billionaire Carl Icahn.
