Per its website at http://www.laed.uscourts.gov, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has closed until further notice, and has suspended “all deadlines and delays in matters pending before this court…until ordered otherwise.”
Class Action
Louisiana Class Action Primer
By Alan Berteau on
Posted in Class Action
Those with the temerity to tackle the forbidding labyrinth of Louisiana class action law — and the foresight to gauge the daunting nature of the task ahead — may wish to consult the eminently useful Practical Digest of Louisiana Class Action Decisions, compiled by the Honorable Thomas F. Daley, Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of…
To Writ or Not to Writ?
By Glenn Farnet on
Posted in Class Action
For many years, Louisiana litigators have faced the often confusing issue of what to do when the court hands you an unfavorable interlocutory judgment. Do you file an application for a supervisory writ or do you file an appeal?
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Louisiana In-House Counsel Rule Deadline Approaching
By Kean Miller on
Posted in Business and Corporate, Business Litigation, Class Action, Constitutional Law, Environmental Litigation and Regulation, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment Law, Legacy Oilfield Sites, Louisiana in General, Products Liability, Real Estate, State and Local Taxation, Toxic Tort Litigation
In-house counsel who are employed in Louisiana but are not licensed to practice law here have until July 1, 2005 to file an application for limited licensure to practice under the Louisiana Supreme Court’s new In-House Counsel Rule.
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A Practical Digest of Louisiana Class Action Decisions
By Charles McCowan on
Posted in Class Action
A practical digest of Louisiana class action decisions prepared by:
The Honorable Thomas F. Daley
Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
Charles S. McCowan, Jr.
Kean Miller Hawthorne D’Armond McCowan & Jarman
Gerald E. Meunier
Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer
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Number of Non-Profit Hospitals Sued in Charity Care Class Actions Continues to Grow
By Kean Miller on
Posted in Class Action
Several high-profile law firms have continued to file class action lawsuits against non-profit hospitals. The basis of these class action suits is that these hospitals have failed to meet their charity care requirements because of certain billing and aggressive collection practices against uninsured patients. Through mid-July, thirty-one lawsuits have been filed in federal court against nearly 300 hospital facilities in fifteen states including Louisiana. The lawsuits also name the American Hospital Association as a conspirator.
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