JD Supra14h
Fifth Circuit Declines Reconsideration of FLSA Salary Rule Decision
Last year in a rare victory for the Department of Labor, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a claim by a Dairy Queen franchisee that the ...
The Advocate15h
Louisiana Supreme Court asked to decide ex-Baton Rouge cop's botched case
Baton Rouge judge Eboni Johnson Rose found the former officer guilty of a lesser count, later acquitted him, then an appeals ...
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
On his first day back in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship. Under the order, the ...
Trans woman battles in court to avoid deportation from U.S.: 'I'd rather die than go back'
Estrella Santos-Zacaría and her attorneys worry she wouldn’t be safe as a trans woman in her native Guatemala, but also fear she could be deported to a third country.
JD Supra16h
Texas BACT Is a Fact: The Texas Supreme Court Unpacks the Texas Clean Air Act’s BACT Definition
Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN) v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality et al. (Tex. Feb. 14, 2025) presented the Texas ...
The National Law Review17h
Even Privilege Logs Can Be Privileged Under the Fifth Amendment
On January 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a significant ruling reinforcing the Fifth ...
Baton Rouge Business Report20h
‘LaPolitics’: Session will see its fair share of divisive issues
Last year, the Governmental Affairs committees in both chambers considered more than 100 bills between them, HGA Chair Beau Beaullieu recalls. The committees probably won’t be that busy during this ...
The National Law Review21h
DOL’s Power to Set Salary Minimum for Overtime Exemption Ripe for SCOTUS Review
The Court of Appeals held that the DOL was empowered to set a minimum salary for exemption— albeit with some meaningful limitations. Last week’s decision denying en banc review tees the issue up for a ...