Archive for the Client/Case News Category

In early March, Fishman Haygood’s litigation team was successful in settling two environmental cases.

Fishman Haygood clients Bernhard LLC and Bascom Hunter Technologies were recognized in New Orleans City Business as being among the top Louisiana mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals for February 2022.

Fishman Haygood partners Lance McCardle and Jason Burge, with assistance from special counsel Lara Richards, obtained a $1.1 million FINRA award for Claimant Patrick Ridgeway, a UBS Financial Securities investor

On Feb. 17, 2022, Fishman Haygood’s appellate section, including Jason Burge and Tad Bartlett with assistance from Danielle Teutonico, successfully obtained a United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision affirming the right of a products liability plaintiff to proceed with his lawsuit in state court.

This week, Fishman Haygood client Bernhard LLC announced a 30-year Energy-as-a-Service partnership with Tulane University. The joint initiative includes large-scale, immediate improvements to campus infrastructure, as well as the construction of a 1-megawatt solar generation facility set to produce 10% of the university’s total electricity needs on its uptown campus. Initial improvements will significantly reduce […]

In 2009, a group of Stanford International Bank, Ltd. (SIBL) investors filed a lawsuit alleging that

Cargill, Continental Grain Company, and Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFM) announced today they have reached a definitive agreement for a joint venture between Cargill and Continental Grain to acquire Sanderson Farms for $203 per share in cash, representing a total equity value for Sanderson Farms of $4.53 billion.

Fishman Haygood successfully defended the manager of the Superdome, SMG, in a lawsuit alleging that the Superdome’s 100 Level accessible seating did not meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”).  The plaintiff in Bailey v. Board of Commissioners of the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, et al. (Case No. 2:18-cv-5888) alleged that […]

Charles Landry represents several significant St. George-area businesses that seek annexation to Baton Rouge. His clients include Turner Industries, an affiliate of Stirling Properties, the Louisiana School Employees Retirement System, and affiliated businesses that own much of United Plaza. The total assessed value of the real property at issue is $16 million. The Metro Council […]

At the request of Mayor Joel Robideaux, the City-Parish of Lafayette recently hired Charles Landry and Lauren De Witt to assist in the creation of six Economic Development Districts (EDDs) in the City of Lafayette. The Council ultimately voted in favor of creating five EDDs. The EDDs add an important tool to the City’s economic […]

Fishman Haygood prevailed on a securities law issue of first impression before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Citing the Delaware Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit overturned the district court’s ruling that Louisiana investors in Delaware hedge funds lacked standing to bring securities fraud claims against their former investment advisers under […]

Fishman Haygood client, Stirling SST Con1, L.L.C. (an affiliate of Stirling Properties, L.L.C.), sold a portfolio of Walgreens stores to ExchangeRight, a real estate firm in Pasadena, California.  The sale involved the defeasance of a commercial mortgage-backed securitized loan held by U.S. Bank National Association, and the replacement of the mortgage collateral with government-backed securities.  […]

A Fishman Haygood team has successfully argued Anheuser-Busch violated the Mississippi Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act when it “matched and snatched” a Mississippi beer distributor’s sale to another distributor. Rex Distributing, a family-owned distributor in Gulfport, Mississippi, alleged Anheuser-Busch and Mitchell Distributing conspired to redirect Rex’s intended sale to Mitchell instead, to punish Rex for […]

As part of the firm’s robust securities litigation practice, Jason Burge will argue an issue of first impression before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.  Our clients include the Firefighters Retirement System and the Municipal Employees Retirement System of Louisiana. The issue is whether the district court erred in holding that investor-plaintiffs […]

Restoration of the historic Bohn Motor Company Building in New Orleans into a behavioral health care center, clinic and retail space is made possible through public and private partnerships at the local, state and federal levels.  Fishman Haygood’s P3 team, led by Megan Riess, represented the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) in the deal.   NORA provided […]

A Fishman Haygood team led by partner Brent Barriere has successfully argued the Mississippi Tort Claims Act does not prevent a liquidation trustee, standing in the shoes of a public hospital, from pursuing claims against the public hospital’s directors and officers.    The firm represents the liquidation trustee for the Natchez Regional Medical Center in a […]

Stirling Properties, L.L.C., in a joint venture with Ochsner Clinic Foundation, has acquired a $59.7M rehabilitation hospital with the assistance of Fishman Haygood lawyers Steven Serio and Tyler Marquette.

Fishman Haygood partner Jason Burge and associate Kaki Johnson are leading a team that seeks relief for a nationwide class of private student loan borrowers who discharged their debts via bankruptcy, yet were hounded by debt collectors.  The lawsuit alleges that Navient was aware that certain non-qualified education loans were dischargeable in bankruptcy, yet Navient […]

Provident Resources Group (PRG), in conjunction with Balfour Beatty

Plans for the Emory Proton Therapy Cancer Center in Atlanta are moving forward

Stirling Medical Lacombe, L.L.C., an affiliate of Stirling Properties, L.L.C., has acquired the former Louisiana Heart Hospital in Lacombe, Louisiana, with the assistance of Fishman Haygood lawyers Steven Serio, Skylar Rosenbloom, and Tyler Marquette.

A Fishman Haygood team led by partner Brent Barriere has prevailed

Fishman Haygood has appealed a trial court order dismissing claims by four Minnesota mothers that the state’s teacher tenure, dismissal, and “last-in-first-out” layoff laws violate their children’s fundamental right to an adequate education. The plaintiffs’ complaint asserts that despite universal recognition that effective teaching is the most important in-school factor to student advancement, Minnesota law […]

A team of lawyers led by Fishman Haygood partner Jason Burge and associate Kaki Johnson recently obtained preliminary relief for a class of student loan borrowers whose debts were discharged through bankruptcy.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has denied a request by two New Orleans charter schools to stall the Orleans Parish School Board’s implementation of a funding formula that allocates a greater share of state funds to schools serving students requiring expensive special education services. Lusher Charter School and Lake Forest […]

Stirling Medical Lacombe, L.L.C., an affiliate of Stirling Properties, L.L.C., has undertaken the ground-up new construction of an approximately 20,000-square-foot Emergency Department & Imaging Clinic for Ochsner Clinic Foundation. The development, in LaPlace, Louisiana, will give Louisiana’s largest healthcare provider a stronger foothold in St. John the Baptist Parish. Fishman Haygood lawyers Steven Serio and […]

On April 13, 2016, Fishman Haygood attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of four Minnesota mothers alleging that the state’s teacher tenure, dismissal,

On February 4, 2016, an Arbitration Panel awarded Fishman Haygood clients, Herbert and Margie Doucet, a $307,000 award in a case against VSR Financial Services.

Fishman Haygood’s real estate development group recently closed several multi-million deals, ranging from the CMBS refinancing of a mall in Hammond, Louisiana,to the purchase and financing of an apartment complex in Baton Rouge.

Fishman Haygood recently prevailed in two arbitrations on behalf of two former executives who sought to enforce the severance provisions of their respective employment agreements with a large multinational conglomerate engineering, procurement and construction company.

A circuit court judge in Broward County, Florida, awarded Pier Seventeen Marina and Yacht Club, L.L.C., a judgment of $7.3 million in a

Fishman Haygood recently defeated dozens of oil and gas companies who attempted to drag four state-filed cases into federal court.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by thousands of New Orleans public school workers who were terminated

Fishman Haygood prevailed today in federal district court in a First Amendment case on behalf of the New York Times.

A residential substance abuse treatment center can now open in St. Landry Parish.

A new 58-acre multi-purpose retail shopping center is coming to Lafayette, Louisiana.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by thousands of New Orleans public school workers who were terminated after Hurricane Katrina.

Rouses Enterprises, LLC reached a confidential settlement with its former grocery supplier following several days of testimony in state court in Thibodaux, LA.

New Orleans celebrated the opening of the Mid-City Market shopping center on North Carrollton Avenue, a $40 million development project that is helping revitalize the neighborhood.

The Fremaux Town Center has opened with fanfare in Slidell, Louisiana.

Fishman Haygood represented a group of investors in their acquisition of the real estate, golf course and country club at English Turn in New Orleans.

A FINRA Arbitration panel recently awarded victims of investment fraud almost $1.6 million.

Fishman Haygood has successfully secured a final settlement with insurers for the Orleans Parish School Board relating to damage the School Board’s facilities suffered in

Fishman Haygood client Carilion Clinic may arbitrate its dispute with two investment banks that underwrote its bonds, according to a recent ruling by the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The City of Luling recently celebrated the opening of Ashton Manor Assisted Living & Memory Care.

The Magnolia Marketplace project moved closer to completion as the New Orleans City Council gave approval to the new shopping center in Central City.

A West Virginia hospital system can arbitrate its dispute with the investment bank that underwrote and served as broker-dealer for its bonds, according to a federal appeals court.