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5 May 2016, 10:01 pm by News Desk
Office building owners on Poydras Street in New Orleans are worried about losing tenants and lease payments over Louisiana’s worst state budget crisis in 30 years. [read post]
13 Jan 2009, 11:46 am
The Times-Picayune reports: The American Civil Liberties Union agreed Thursday to settle a lawsuit it filed against the state of Louisiana over unrestricted government payments to churches.The ACLU's Louisiana chapter said the settlement agreement bars the state from funneling taxpayer money without conditions to selected churches that offer non-religious social services. . . . [read post]
31 Aug 2017, 1:48 pm by Tom Smith
Sofia Vergara has scored a major victory in her legal battle against ex Nick Loeb over their frozen embryos.On Friday, a Louisiana federal judge granted the 45-year-old Modern Family actress' motion to dismiss the case against her in the state for lack of personal jurisdiction, court records show. [read post]
  The Blog/Web Site should not be used as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state regarding a particular matter. [read post]
24 Jul 2013, 6:00 am
This week we will highlight; Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts and Michigan. [read post]
13 Jan 2009, 11:46 am
The Times-Picayune reports: The American Civil Liberties Union agreed Thursday to settle a lawsuit it filed against the state of Louisiana over unrestricted government payments to churches.The ACLU's Louisiana chapter said the settlement agreement bars the state from funneling taxpayer money without conditions to selected churches that offer non-religious social services. . . . [read post]
12 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
” Indeed in some places it reads like a short story by Franz Kafka.Before looking more closely at the opinion, let’s recall what happened in the run-up to last week’s decision.The story began last April when Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards used his annual State of the State Speech to call on the state legislature to abolish the death penalty.Citing his religious and pro-life commitments he said, “for the first time I am calling on the… [read post]
15 Apr 2016, 12:52 pm by Steven Boutwell
By Chris Dicharry and Jason Brown The Louisiana state and local sales tax laws have historically included an isolated or occasional sale rule. [read post]
4 Oct 2019, 10:22 am by Howard Bashman
” Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court to take up Louisiana law limiting access of abortion doctors; The law would leave only a single doctor to perform abortions in the entire state, women’s groups say. [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 4:00 am by Berniard Law Firm
Louisiana is a “Direct Action State” which means that an injured party has the option to sue an insurer for coverage under someone else’s policy. [read post]
26 Jul 2020, 10:08 am by Howard Bashman
Louisiana Supreme Court says coronavirus-stricken judge can skip election paperwork for now”: Andrea Gallo of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has an article that begins, “Campaign officials for an East Baton Rouge district judge incapacitated by the novel coronavirus filed paperwork Friday to place him on the Nov. 3 ballot after the state Supreme Court ruled that extraordinary circumstances caused by a worldwide pandemic shouldn’t disqualify… [read post]
9 Jun 2012, 9:56 pm
As of today 14 are ill across six states with E. coli O145 - Alabama (2), California (1), Florida (1), Georgia (5), Louisiana (4) and Tennessee (1). [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 8:40 am by Rick Hasen
AP: Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace a current map that a federal judge said violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of the state’s Black… Continue reading The post “Louisiana granted extra time to draw new congressional map that complies with Voting Rights Act” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
26 Nov 2023, 9:34 am by Rick Hasen
Nola.com: A ruling this week that private individuals and groups can’t demand enforcement of the Voting Rights Act could have major impact in Louisiana, as the state uses that decision to try to quash a legal challenge to its Republican-drawn… Continue reading The post “Here’s how a major ruling on the Voting Rights Act could affect Louisiana” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
20 Nov 2010, 12:17 pm by Sean Patrick Donlan
Vicenç Feliú, Dennis Kim-Prieto, and Teresa M Miguel have written "A Closer Look: A Symposium Among Legal Historians and Law Librarians to Uncover the Spanish Roots of the Louisiana Civil Law": The debate regarding whether the origin of Louisiana civil law is based in the Spanish or in the French legal tradition has been ongoing since that state’s incorporation into the United States as a result of the Louisiana Purchase. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 12:39 pm
In response to this lawsuit, the Louisiana legislature passed Act 544 which expressly strips State and local government entities of any "right or cause of action arising from any activity subject to permitting" under certain Louisiana and Federal law. [read post]
10 Jan 2023, 1:36 pm by Charles Sartain
The petition alleged facts sufficient to state a cause of action against Indigo/SWN. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 10:19 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
United States Attorney Stephanie Finley stated, “This arrest reflects the hard work of the Marshals Service of the Western District of Louisiana and the District’s Violent Offender Task Force. [read post]