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'Louisiana makes it extremely hard to do business in the state': Arizona business sues Louisiana over sales tax system
A family-owned jewelry and craft supply wholesaler in Arizona has had enough of the nightmare Louisiana’s approach to sales tax creates. -
'We definitely will win on the merits': Merrifield attorney responds to Louisiana lawsuit headed to U.S. Supreme Court
Attorney Andrew Bizer plans to appeal the Louisiana Supreme Court's failure to toss out a lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court -
'We're back in court': Recent Supreme Court rulings could revive pastor's lawsuit against state's COVID-19 mandates
Recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings could breathe new life into a Louisiana pastor's COVID-19 lawsuit. -
Supreme Court's 'monumental decision' on unanimous juries won't retroactively impact Louisiana convictions
Last week’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Edwards v. Vannoy means that while convictions by nonunanimous juries can no longer happen in Louisiana, people who have been convicted by nonunanimous juries in years past are not retroactively affected by that ban. -
Cities association not taking stance on Louisiana sales tax reform plan
An association of cities has taken a neutral stance on a reform bill designed to streamline Louisiana’s complex sales and use tax system and simplify compliance rules for businesses. -
Federal Judge grants Louisiana AG intervention in 9-year-old's federal case over BB gun suspension, boy's attorney says
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry will be part of the federal case over the suspension of a fourth-grader suspended after he moved a BB gun that his brother had tripped over during a virtual class, the boy's attorney in the case said. -
Baton Rouge advertising firm sues over digital billboard rules in Kentucky county
A Baton Rouge-based advertising company is suing a Kentucky county in federal court, alleging that the Lexington-Fayette government’s policies on regulating digital billboards are unconstitutional. -
Tangipahoa Parish sheriff ends COVID-19 lawsuit filed against China
The Tangipahoa Parish’s sheriff has dropped a class-action lawsuit he filed against China on behalf of sheriff’s departments across the nation that have suffered serious financial hits due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic -
Dispute between Edwards, lawmakers over his coronavirus orders returned to district court
The Louisiana Supreme Court has sent a dispute between Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican lawmakers over the governor’s authority to issue coronavirus orders back to the district court. -
Only the legislature has power to deal with public defender caseload burdens, court rules
The state legislature, and not the Louisiana Supreme Court, must decide whether the state should spend more money and resources on reducing the caseloads of public defenders, the high court decided this month. -
Pastor's challenge to Edwards' COVID-19 orders still alive, attorney says
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a Baton Rouge pastor’s quest for an injunction against Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus orders in the early months of the pandemic, but his attorney said the original case remains alive. -
Black Lives Matter liability case remanded to Louisiana Supreme Court
First Amendment groups welcomed a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this month in a case that involved an injured Baton Rouge police officer’s liability claim in the wake of a violent Black Lives Matter demonstration. -
Decision in TCPA case will give defendants ammo to fight litigation, Pittsburgh lawyer says
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh attorney says that a recent decision in a Louisiana federal court has resurrected the potential for defendants facing litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to claim that the law is unconstitutional in its entirety. -
Federal appeals court won't reconsider decision on Terrebonne Parish judicial voting
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider its ruling upholding at-large judicial elections in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. -
Landry vows to defend state medical rules in wake of high court's abortion decision
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has vowed to continue to defend the state’s remaining medical regulations governing abortion services in the wake of the June 30 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Louisiana’s Act 620. -
Groups react to SCOTUS rejecting split-jury verdicts in criminal cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution requires states to secure a unanimous jury verdict in order to convict any defendant accused of a serious crime. -
Lawsuit against mandatory bar association membership for lawyers sidelined – for now
A federal judge sidelined a lawsuit from lawyers who object to the requirement that Louisiana attorneys must be dues-paying members of the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA). -
Permanent disbarment recommended for former district attorney over 2016 corruption conviction
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans attorney Walter P. Reed, who was district attorney in two districts over 30 years, faces possible disbarment following a Jan. 6 recommendation by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee over his 2016 corruption conviction. -
Louisiana case is U.S. Supreme Court's chance to fully eliminate non-unanimous jury verdicts, attorney says
WASHINGTON – Louisiana voters have already done away with non-unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases but U.S. Supreme Court justices have for months been mulling a case from the state that could decide whether such laws could ever again be revived. -
ACLU asks Supreme Court to overturn decision to allow Baton Rouge officer's lawsuit against protest organizer
Citing free speech and the right to protest, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision allowing a Louisiana police officer to sue Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson.