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Cases
Active Solutions, et al. v. Dell, Inc., et al.
On April 20, 2007, the firm filed a suit against numerous entities and individuals on behalf of two local New Orleans technology companies that had devised the first successful citywide wireless video surveillance system in the United States and the world, as recognized by national news outlets, including USA Today and HDNet. One of the [...]
Doré Energy Corporation v. Carter-Langham, Inc., et al.
On August 23, 2002, the firm filed a suit against numerous oil and gas exploration and production companies on behalf of Doré Energy Corporation, which owns approximately 18,000 acres of wetlands in Southwestern Louisiana. Doré Energy Corporation sought a clean-up of its property and a remediation of pollution and other damages caused by decades of [...]
Jebaco, Inc. v. Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., et al.
In this matter, the Jones, Swanson commercial litigation group represents one of the pioneering Louisiana companies participating in the Louisiana gaming market, in federal and state claims challenging anticompetitive horizontal market allocations between two national gaming corporations. The state court claims tested recently broken ground under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act, concerning the unresolved issues: (1) whether [...]
BCR Safeguard Holding, LLC, et al. v. Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, Inc., et al.
The Jones, Swanson firm brought this suit on behalf of a Louisiana- and Atlanta-based entrepreneur group that had built a national self-storage company over the course of twenty years, only to be subject to the unfair trade practices and gross conflict of interest by its investment partners, including Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisor, resulting in [...]
Marcus Broussard, Jr., et al. v. Martin Operating Partnership, LP, et al.
The firm brought suit on behalf of Louisiana land owners for damage and contamination to their land by the lessees and their insurers, as well as for unpaid or underpaid royalties for hydrocarbons produced from the property. As of January 4, 2011, issues related to legal causation for tort and contract claims under Louisiana law [...]
