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Two legislative bills dealing with the oil and gas lawsuits in Louisiana have gone their separate ways. One moved onto the Senate floor, and the other didn't make it out of the Senate Natural Resources Committee. Both bills were introduced by Sen. Robert Adley. The...

While the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East's lawsuit has been met with strong opposition, there is also a lot of support for it. The lawsuit, which was filed last year, names almost 100 oil and gas companies as defendants. The lawsuit alleges that...

There are several bills being presented in the Louisiana House and Senate that could put an end to the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Agency-East's lawsuit against almost 100 oil and gas companies. Governor Bobby Jindal has tried -- unsuccessfully so far -- to...

Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal, gave the state the first look at a proposal designed to halt "legacy lawsuits" against the oil and gas industry. That proposal was discussed in our last post. As of April 2, two bills have been advanced to the Senate from a committee....

We've been talking about the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East's lawsuit against 97 oil and gas companies for some time now. That suit hopes to get some of the injury and damage to the state's coastal areas repaired by the oil and gas industry or...

Last year, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Agency-East filed a lawsuit against almost 100 oil and gas companies. The purpose of the lawsuit is to get the oil and gas companies to pay for the damage and injury caused to the state's coastal areas. The suit...

Proponents of Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East's lawsuit have been busy. The SLFPA-E's lawsuit and its attorneys were affected by the ruling in the LOGA case because it said that the Attorney General was correct in allowing the SLFPA-E to hire...

In an important ruling regarding the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East's lawsuit, a judge in a state district court has ruled that there is nothing unconstitutional or illegal about the Louisiana Attorney General's office retaining outside council to...