Municipal Law
Louisiana Offers Legal Protection to Police Officers and Firefighters
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill, Act 184, that serves to offer Louisiana’s police force additional legal protection amid a particularly turbulent... More
Jindal Authorizes Design-Build Contracts for New Ferries on the Mississippi River and Certain Bridges
Louisiana law prohibits design-build contracts unless an exception is made by the legislature. The ban against design-build contracts stems from the thought that it... More
Fantasy Sports in Louisiana
The growing popularity of fantasy sports has grown tremendously over the past decade and like all things in the internet age, its online presence... More
Serving Raw Oysters . . .
Spitale’s Bar, Inc. operates a restaurant and bar in Amite, Louisiana. Plaintiff, who suffered from non-alcoholic steato hepatitis (“NASH”), ate two raw oysters at... More
Louisiana Supreme Court Addresses Unjust Enrichment Theory
Under the direction of the sheriff’s office, the plaintiff performed emergency road cleaning work for the St. Tammany Parish Government that was essential to... More
Louisiana: A State Employee May Sue Louisiana Under the Jones Act
On July 1, 2011, the Supreme Court of Louisiana held that Louisiana waived its sovereign immunity from suit for injury to persons, and that... More