Mondaq

MAY 3, 2021

The widow of a sea captain recently settled a coronavirus-related maritime lawsuit – the first of its kind filed in Louisiana – leaving unclear the extent to which a maritime employer may be held liable in connection with contraction of the virus.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 26, 2022

prisons from the end of February 2020 to the end of February 2021 saw the number of people in the custody of state, federal or privately operated prisons under state or federal contracts drop by more than 16 percent, the study found. Overall, U.S.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Attorney’s Office to determine if a mutually agreed upon guilty plea contract can be reached. Billy Sinclair spent 40 years in the Louisiana prison system, six of which were on death row. This statute permits a defendant’s attorney to enter into plea negotiations with the U.S. These negotiations are known as “proffer meetings.”

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LegalReader

JANUARY 4, 2023

The proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Southwest Airlines violated its own contract of carriages by not immediately offering refunds to passengers who had their flights cancelled during the December 2022 winter storm.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Additionally, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in 1802 that once crossed over into Vermont, a slave contract from another state was unenforceable. Article 1 of Vermont’s Constitution states “[t]hat all persons are born equally free and independent.” Thus, Proposal 2 will not do anything new in terms of constitutional rights.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 29, 2022

After McCoy , Tyler unsuccessfully sought relief in Louisiana state courts. Third, Tyler argues that his conviction is not truly “final” because he did not have the opportunity to make his Sixth Amendment argument before the Louisiana Supreme Court in his direct appeal. Instead, Tyler seeks to bring his claim under Griffith v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 24, 2024

Several of those facilities will be located in Texas and Louisiana on or near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, making them easily accessible to ships carrying carbon dioxide from overseas. It primarily examines how key states—North Dakota, Wyoming, Louisiana, and Texas—have implemented provisions under the SDWA.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2021

Texas and Louisiana filed suit against the federal government Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleging that immigration authorities declined to take custody of convicted individuals who could be subject to deportation.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

Louisiana , 22-77 Issue : Whether, where a defendant denies participating in a particular criminal act, another person’s confession stating that he and someone else committed the act—without mentioning the defendant—is favorable and material evidence under Brady v. rescheduled before the Jan. 13 conference; relisted after the Jan. 17 and Feb.

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LawSites

JANUARY 25, 2023

A lawyer would use this to create a summary of legal language, such as in a contract, perhaps to send to a client. As of yet, Copilot does not directly integrate with any legal research database. But Martin sees the possibility for that on the horizon. Simple summary. He also has one for civil cases.)

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 1, 2022

After she lost the arbitration, Badgerow sued in Louisiana, asking a state court to vacate the arbitration award; Walters removed the suit to federal court and asked that court to confirm the award. The issue for the justices was whether the federal court had jurisdiction to decide whether the award should be confirmed or vacated.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A panel on justice tech was moderated by Stanford Law fellow and former Cisco CLO Mark Chandler, with panelists Judge Schott Schlegel of Louisiana’s 24th Judicial District Court, Andre Creighton, CFO and COO of TurnSignl, and Kristen Sonday, CEO of Paladin. The crowded contracts market. Key Takeaways.

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2022

Under a claim of wrongful termination pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act , Walters initiated an arbitration proceeding as required by her employment contract. The arbitration resulted in a ruling for the defendant, which Walters then challenged in Louisiana state court. In 2008, the court held in Vaden v.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The board’s operational expenses — including a $10,000-per-month contract with a public relations firm — is being paid from $1 million from a previous opioid-related settlement. In contrast, the process of distributing settlement dollars in Louisiana has barely begun. “We are still at the very beginning,” Whittington emphasized.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In contrast, declining to issue a preliminary injunction would force Plaintiffs to comply with the mandate, requiring them to make decisions which would significantly alter their ability to perform federal contract work which is critical to their operations. Tuesday’s order is the latest in a series of rulings blocking vaccine mandates.

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JURIST

JANUARY 7, 2022

Federal district courts in Missouri and Louisiana stayed enforcement of the policy in 24 states, so the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to lift the stay while the issues were being decided.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Texas : The immigration suit brought by the States of Texas and Louisiana challenges a Biden Administration policy prioritizing the apprehension and deportation of three groups of noncitizens: suspected terrorists, individuals who have committed crimes, and those recently detained at the border. United States v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 7, 2022

According to Reuters , Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers contracted COVID-19 after Christmas, while Louisiana Solicitor General Elizabeth Murrill argued remotely “in accordance with COVID protocols,” which require arguing attorneys who test positive for COVID to argue by telephone.

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ALPS

APRIL 28, 2021

2015) (arbitration provisions in attorney-client employment agreements enforceable like any other contract); Watts v. 2000) (Michigan law presumes that one who signs a contract knows and understands its contents, so lawyer need not advise prospective client that fee agreement contained an arbitration clause); Derfner & Mahler, LLP v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services issued the rule, which applies to more than 10 million workers, in November, but two federal district courts – in Missouri and Louisiana – put the rule on hold in roughly half the states. Such a mandate, the court wrote, “fits neatly within” the power given to HHS by Congress.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

That policy, which was adopted in 1999, had provided that FERC should consider additional indicators of need beyond private shipping contracts. Incidentally, a federal court in Louisiana last week issued a preliminary injunction preventing federal agencies from using an interim SCC, adopted by the Biden administration.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2021

States including Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania have introduced legislation to review and reassess their contracts with Dominion. Dominion alleges that as a result of Giuliani’s defamatory claims, Dominion employees were subject to threats and harassment.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

After her clerkship, she served as chief counsel to the Senate Budget Committee, helped increase government contracts to minority-owned businesses as an administrator in the Office of Management and Budget, and eventually went into private practice as a specialist in corporate governance. Part Two focused on a single case, Edwards v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Therefore, she reasons, the mandate is necessary to protect those employees from the possibility of contracting COVID-19 while they are at work – saving over 6,500 lives and preventing over a quarter-million employees from being hospitalized over a six-month period. Several challenges to the rule followed.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

LLC involves how to determine the law to be applied under federal admiralty law in a maritime contract case. Louisiana involves the case of a man who was already in prison for murder when he was convicted and sentenced to death for being part of a group that murdered a prison captain during an escape attempt. Raiders Retreat Realty Co.,

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2021

Factually, Blount stood accused of a conspiracy with Great Britain to take over territory in Florida and Louisiana (where Blount owned considerable property). Belknap was charged with accepting bribes for contracts associated with the Indian territory. The conspiracy was revealed in a hand-written letter in Blount’s hand.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Tennessee Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups to Proceed with Challenge to TVA Long-Term Contracts. The federal district court for the Western District of Tennessee denied the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging long-term contracts for electricity between TVA and local utilities.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Louisiana Federal Court Halted Work on Crude Oil Pipeline in Swamp Area. The federal district court for the Middle District of Louisiana enjoined work on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana. Jacobson’s lawsuit asserted defamation, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel claims.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

Detention facilities such as Winn Prison in Louisiana, one of the nation’s largest ICE detention centers, and Bergen County Jail in New Jersey have drawn scrutiny and complaints from advocacy groups and detainees concerning poor sanitary conditions, medical neglect during the pandemic, abuse, racism and other mistreatment.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. In an unpublished decision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2022

” Here is the column: “Major-question-land,” the term used by Louisiana solicitor general Elizabeth Murrill during Friday’s oral arguments over the Biden vaccine mandates, has an almost Disneyesque sound to it. That question takes some justices to a place that they would prefer not to go …”Major-question-land.”

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