Some of our Baton Rouge readers may have seen that the Louisiana Supreme Court has recently issued a favorable ruling for Midstates Petroleum Company. The business litigation surrounding this case resulted from a claim that another oil company, Clovelly Oil Company,...
Month: March 2013
Contract disputes against Baton Rouge casino claim $70 million
Recently, it was reported that the L'Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge has been sued by four separate companies in the past three months. The complex is located in Baton Rouge and owned by Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. These claims of breach of contract surround...
Business litigation continues with former Apple employees
Louisiana residents may be familiar with an ongoing lawsuit alleging that senior officers in companies from Google Inc., Apple Inc., Intuit Inc., Intel Corp., Adobe systems, Walt Disney Pixar, and Lucasfilm Ltd. conspired and colluded to eliminate competition for open...
Tips on surviving a merger or acquisition
Louisiana residents have likely noticed the recent uptick in business mergers in virtually every type of business including banks, law firms, doctors' offices, airlines, construction companies and retail shops. Practically every other day a merger such as the recent...
Acquisition of The Shaw Group Inc. is complete
Mergers and acquisitions of corporations can have far reaching effects on the lives of many individuals. In fact, mergers and acquisitions are one of the most powerful and influential aspects of business law in the state of Louisiana. Recently The Shaw Group Inc., a...