Louisianans with shareholder concerns will be interested in a recently filed shareholder lawsuit affecting the nation's largest utilities provider. The lawsuit comes close on the heels of a $17.8 billion merger between utilities giant Duke Energy and Progress Energy,...
Month: July 2012
BP agrees to compensate Louisiana discrimination victims
Louisiana residents may be entitled to compensation from a newly established settlement fund intended to compensate women who were denied employment by contractors working on the Deepwater Horizon cleanup effort. The settlement marks an end to U.S. Equal...
Lawsuit filed over large Louisiana home construction
Readers in Baton Rouge may be familiar with the posh Metairie Club Gardens neighborhood in New Orleans. In an area where the average home price runs in excess of $1 million, the neighborhood homeowners' association has filed construction litigation to stop further...
Military contract dispute stalls levee repair
Our readers in Baton Rouge may take interest in a contract dispute over a levee repair project that involves the same bid solicitation process employed by the government to recruit contractors in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The dispute, raised by a company that did...