A divided Louisiana Supreme Court has OK’d a recommended two-year law license suspension for an attorney who charged a client nursing home resident her usual billable rate of $125 per…
The nation’s longest-serving U.S. attorney announced his resignation Thursday at a press conference, effective in less than a week, but said he will stay on in a supporting role to…
An ex-associate of a Baton Rouge, La., law firm has been federally charged with wire fraud for allegedly using fraudulent misrepresentations to persuade his former firm to send $93,750 to…
A disbarred Louisiana lawyer who didn’t disclose the sanction to WorldCom and Verizon while working in their legal departments has now been permanently disbarred.
The Louisiana Supreme Court permanently disbarred…
A New Orleans federal prosecutor who was second in command to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten has been demoted after admitting she posted anonymous comments on a newspaper website.
A Louisiana defense attorney was arrested Thursday on a warrant in a New Orleans courtroom and charged Friday with two counts of stalking after police say he harassed a female…
An assistant New Orleans city attorney received a municipal summons charging him with simple marijuana possession after, police say, a joint dropped out of his pocket as he was chatting…
Two Lafayette, La., lawyers are among nine individuals and one business defendant accused in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday of operating a multistate synthetic marijuana manufacturing and distribution network that…
After more than a decade on the job, the general counsel of Louisiana State University system resigned Thursday from his $275,000-a-year position, effective Friday, in what is apparently the latest…
The New Orleans Police Department will operate for at least the next four years under a federal monitor as the result of an agreement reached with federal officials.
Although there appears to be no clearcut prohibition against employing family members, a New Orleans inspector general is asking the Louisiana Judiciary Commission to take a look what he calls…
A lawyer who, among other misconduct, charged a client her usual billable rate of $125 per hour for running errands and taking him to Walmart should be suspended rather than…
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