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By Paul Purpura, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Westwego’s elected officials Monday night continued sounding their alarm over a company’s plan to ship coal through the West Jefferson city in uncovered rail cars, to a shipping facility in Plaquemines Parish. The council last month enacted a resolution, expressing its unhappiness over a proposal to roll coal […]

One of the unique features of life in South Louisiana is the relaxed pace. We tend to pause more than people in the rest of the country to celebrate and reflect upon the bounty around us—friends, family, nature, and tradition. As summer takes hold, days are ideally spent at crawfish boils, on the beach, fishing, […]

If you work in the construction industry it is likely that at some point, someone has refused to pay you. Whether you are a contractor, subcontractor, or employed by a contractor or subcontractor, it is important that you understand the power of a lien. A lien can provide you with powerful protection in a situation […]

In modern culture, attorneys and law firms are often cast in a negative light: either a joke’s punch line, or worse – as predators. In many instances the criticism may be well deserved. However, such a cynical view of the lawyer ignores the support the legal community has provided and continues to provide to social […]

In all but the simplest cases, litigation inevitably devolves into protracted battles over the right to sue itself. Lawsuits drag on for years without ever reaching the underlying dispute, as governments and corporations hide behind a minefield of legal principles designed to close the doors of justice and deprive the people of their day in […]

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Our region has been battered by storms and oiled by BP. We also face a long-term challenge in funding, without putting the burden on ordinary taxpayers, the $50 billion program the State says is necessary to save our vital coastal wetlands. As most know, our wetlands are where many of us live and work, and […]

The Second Circuit Court of Appeal (No. 49.060-CA) upholds the trial court’s decision in granting a permanent injunction prohibiting USA Speedway, LLC from operating its automobile racetrack on its property in Union Parish because 59 of its neighbors were successful in establishing that the noise and dust from the racing were beyond what would aggravate […]

The LDNR is tasked with regulating the oil industry. LDNR is also tasked with protecting our vanishing coastal zone. What happens when the oil industry wants to carve up the coast? LDNR changes to “Louisiana, Do Not Resuscitate!”

Car insurance is required by law in every state on the Gulf Coast. If you own a car, you must buy a minimum amount of insurance to cover that car and protect people you injure and property you damage in an accident. One of the most common kinds of insurance that protects you is called […]