May 16, 2019
A Louisiana federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit alleging Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation built shoddy homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina should be heard in state court, finding the case's local nature requires the dispute to be handled there.
November 21, 2018
Brad Pitt, looking to escape a lawsuit claiming his Make It Right Foundation built shoddy homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, told a Louisiana federal court Tuesday that the proposed class of homeowners haven't shown he personally wronged any of them.
November 13, 2018
Homeowners suing a foundation launched by Brad Pitt, which built homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, over allegedly defective construction urged a federal court Monday to remand the suit to state court because a vast majority of the proposed class members are Louisiana residents.
November 01, 2018
Former officers for a foundation launched by Brad Pitt that built homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina told a Louisiana federal court on Wednesday that homeowners suing the foundation over allegations of defectively built homes have no standing to bring derivative claims against them.
October 25, 2018
Former officers for a foundation launched by Brad Pitt that built homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina won the removal of a lawsuit by a proposed class of homeowners to Louisiana federal court Wednesday, saying the amount sought for alleged damage associated with the properties requires federal jurisdiction over the case.