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Special session produces bills to flatten income tax, boost Louisiana sales tax
Louisiana lawmakers adjourned their special session on Friday and sent the governor measures to reduce the corporate income tax, flatten personal income taxes and bump up the state sales tax, but some critics are not sold on the plan.
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Louisiana Bankers Association CEO on Credit Card Competition Act: If passed, 'would expose customers and their credit card data to weaker cyber-security protections'
The Louisiana Bankers Association's (LBA) said it seconds prior criticism of Senate Bill 1838, known as the “Credit Card Competition Act,” which would require banks to offer merchants at least two network options, one of which cannot be Visa or MasterCard, for processing credit card transactions, thereby increasing security and fraud risks, according to the organization's leadership.
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Buffer zone law gives cops too much power, journalists say in lawsuit
BATON ROUGE - As expected, Louisiana's new law that punishes those who approach police officers has been challenged in federal court.
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New Louisiana law bars employer NDAs used to keep workplace abuses hidden
Louisiana has joined several other states, including California and New York, to prohibit the enforcement on nondisclosure agreements by employers when they serve to conceal hostile work environments or sexual harassment.
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Landry vetoes bill that sought to make 'deepfake' depictions of political candidates illegal
Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a measure aimed to prohibit intentionally manipulated images, audio or videos known as “deepfakes” that are designed to deceive voters or harm the reputation of political candidates during election campaigns.
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Louisiana governor signs compromise tort-reform bill to regulate litigation financing
Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a measure into law that will bring a degree of transparency about the involvement of third-party litigation funders in subsidizing civil litigation in Louisiana.
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Louisiana governor vetoes bill aimed at moderating medical damages calculations in civil suits
Louisiana’s insurance commissioner is calling for a special legislative session on legal reforms in the wake of Gov. Jeff Landry vetoing a bill favored by business groups that would have clarified medical payment amounts used to determine civil damages awards.
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Sexual abuse claims from decades ago allowed; Dissenting justice says defendants now 'defenseless'
NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Supreme Court has changed its mind on a key legal issue affecting individuals who were sexually abused as children and are now seeking compensation.
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Republican senator's bill would offer insurance rate relief for Louisiana Citizens customers
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. would suspend a 10% surcharge paid by customers in the state’s coastal zone and be shielded from bad-faith penalties if a newly amended bill is enacted into law.
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Business groups urge Louisiana Senate leaders to jumpstart stalled tort-reform bills
A coalition of Louisiana business groups is urging state Senate leaders to break a legislative logjam that has kept a pair of tort-reform bills stalled in the Senate Judiciary A committee.
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Senate panel puts the brakes on 2 key tort reforms that sailed through Louisiana House
Two key Louisiana tort-reform bills remained stalled in Senate Judiciary Committee A this week even after they overwhelmingly passed the state House of Representatives in March.
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Commissioner hails passage of 4 insurance reform bills to address Louisiana's insurance crisis
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has expressed gratitude to the state Legislature for passing a package of insurance reform bills he said would make the state’s insurance market more stable and competitive.
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Legal reform measures set for Louisiana Senate panel vote this week
In the wake of intense debate last week, a key Louisiana Senate panel plans to vote on two legal reform measures on Tuesday, including one to mandate the disclosure of third-party litigation-funding contracts.
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Louisiana bill to help prisoners convicted by non-unanimous juries dies in committee
A Louisiana State Senate panel voted earlier this month to table a bill that would have provided a way for inmates convicted by non-unanimous juries to challenge their sentences after such jury verdicts were designated unconstitutional.
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Louisiana attorney general urges state Supreme Court to rehear case on 'lookout window' for abuse victims
Louisiana’s attorney general has filed a request with the state Supreme Court asking justices to rehear their 4-3 decision last month that overturned a state law giving child sexual abuse victims some additional time to file civil lawsuits.
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Louisiana insurance commissioner, business groups back reform bills to modernize regulations, fix legal climate
Business groups and Louisiana’s insurance commissioner are supporting multiple measures under consideration in the state Legislature aimed at curbing excessive regulations and improving Louisiana’s civil litigation climate.
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New Louisiana crime law will provide legal immunity to those with concealed-carry permits
Louisiana gun owners with concealed-carry permits will be granted limited immunity from lawsuits for injuring or killing someone during cases of justified self-defense under the provisions of a measure Gov. Jeff Landry signed on March 5.
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Louisiana bill to create closed primary elections for federal offices signed into law
A Louisiana measure that will create closed primary elections for federal elective offices, state Supreme Court justices and members of two state boards has been signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry.
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Self qualifying forms open for Louisiana State Bar Association elections
The Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) has announced several leadership positions that are open for the upcoming 2023 LSBA election cycle. The association has opened self-qualifying positions for interested individuals to apply for until October 16th. The elections will be conducted entirely electronically, with electronic ballots made available to LSBA members on November 6th and a deadline for casting votes on November 20th.
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New Louisiana law on human trafficking not expected to have big effect on civil asset forfeiture policies
A new Louisiana law will require district attorneys to submit annual reports dealing with human trafficking and the value of civil asset forfeiture related to such crimes, but the law won’t do much to reform the larger issue of Louisiana’s asset forfeiture policies, observers say.