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Veron omits facts
1/17/2012 8:00 AM

Personal injury lawyer J. Michael Veron's December 19th tirade on lawsuits and the environment not only is misguided but also thinly veils the self-serving agenda through which he and a handful of other plaintiff lawyers have pocketed millions off of "legacy" lawsuits to the detriment of the environment as well as Louisiana workers and taxpayers.

Oil companies are ignoring environmental laws
12/19/2011 12:41 PM
I read with interest the published letter from Melissa Landry dated December 15, which made the ludicrous claim that landowners rather than oil companies are causing the delays in the clean-up of oilfield contamination.
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Landry

What's the most ridiculous Louisiana lawsuit?
12/13/2011 12:17 PM By Melissa Landry
When someone is truly wronged, a lawsuit can bring needed justice, but when our legal system is abused, we all pay and we all lose.
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Legal reform in the Lone Star State; How it works and why Louisiana needs it
8/23/2011 7:00 AM By Melissa Landry
It is hard to imagine, but not very long ago, Texas was described by the Wall Street Journal as the "lawsuit capital of the world."
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Seesaw laws and missing merry-go-rounds
7/25/2011 3:52 PM By Melissa Landry
In a recent article, John Tierney of the New York Times questions a disturbing trend that's taken over playgrounds across the country.

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Legacy lawsuits more about making green than being green?
6/28/2011 2:27 PM By Melissa Landry
Protecting our environment is an important topic for Louisianans. After all, what is a Sportsman's Paradise without the paradise? This is what makes the delays in the cleanup of Louisiana's "legacy" oilfield sites so disturbing.
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Landry

Are Excessive Lawsuits Fueling Pain At The Pump?
5/11/2011 4:35 PM By Melissa Landry
Next time you are filling up your gas tank, and feeling the pain at the pump, think about this: if the source of your gasoline is Louisiana onshore drilling, then every other time you fill your tank it comes from an oil producer that's probably been hit by a lawsuit and may have had to pay millions of dollars to get out of it.
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Fast food CEO looking for a quick exit from 'Judicial Hellhole'
4/1/2011 3:22 PM By Melissa Landry
The head of a restaurant company, Andrew F. Puzder of CKE Restaurants (the parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's), recently announced he's considering moving the company's headquarters from California to Texas.
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Cochran

What Reagan really said about tort reform
3/7/2011 9:54 AM By Andrew Cochran
During the recent 100th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan, we read many tributes to him and re-read many of his greatest speeches.

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Landry

Dangerous Louisiana contingency fee bill heads to the House
6/14/2010 7:58 AM By Michelle Massey
Melissa Landry is Executive Director of Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch. LLAW is a non-partisan, non-profit, citizen watchdog group dedicated to stopping lawsuit abuse that hurts Louisiana families and threatens our jobs and health care. Learn more at www.LLAW.org or follow us on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/ReformLouisiana.
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