DOJ suing Lane Grigsby and wife over ‘erroneous’ $750,000 tax refund
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Cajun Industries founder and Chairman Emeritus Lane Grigsby and his wife for more than $750,000 for an...
Longer payout and complex invoicing are putting a drag on contractor cash flow
Invoicing an owner for work is as complex as higher-level math these days, as contracts are more convoluted and payout terms are frequently extended...
Ex-contractor illegally accesses Strategic Petroleum Reserve computers
A former Department of Energy contractor has admitted to accessing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Office computer systems, altering and deleting files without authorization.
Gary Peter...
Federal jury awards Spoked Manufacturing $5 million in patent infringement case
A Louisiana federal jury has awarded Spoked Manufacturing $5 million in a patent infringement and fraud case against Besco Tubular of Houma.
The case centers...
Moreno frac sand operation files for Chapter 11 with $128M in debt
This story has been changed since its original publication to correct the spelling of Michel Moreno's name.
A holding company owned in part by Lafayette...
Supreme Court: State wage laws don’t apply to oil platform workers
Workers on offshore oil drilling platforms are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act—not state overtime and wage laws—and are not entitled to be...
A decade later, Stanford Group fraud still impacts industry retirees
Kathy Mier still remembers the feeling she got in the pit of her stomach when she heard that federal agents had raided the downtown...
Industry advocates target ‘insurance rate epidemic’
The Louisiana Chemical Association and the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association are part of a coalition urging the Louisiana State Bar Association to crack...
3rd Circuit ruling says no to severance taxes based on index pricing
A new Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal decision bars the Louisiana Department of Revenue from imposing severance taxes on crude oil production based...
Contractor barred from suing Valero for chemical burn injuries
A contractor injured when chemicals spilled on him at a Louisiana Valero Energy Corp. oil refinery in May 2018 can’t sue the company or...
