Committees

New U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Clarify the Courts' Authority to Compel Arbitration

New U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Clarify the Courts' Authority to Compel Arbitration           Commercial and employment agreements often include provisions requiring arbitration of disputes between the parties.… Read More »

Will Lawyers Ever Embrace Technology In eDiscovery?

  Will Lawyers Ever Embrace Technology In eDiscovery?  Law firms today possess technology tools which have been proven to save time and money while simultaneously improving quality within the discovery process. Two thirds of the state… Read More »

Abusus, the right to dispose...

Abusus Abusus, the right to dispose… Animals can own no known property. Theirs, at best, a sufferance; birds of the air, Fishies of the dark and the coldest deep, You swim-chirp about in your rented space Until landlord calls: what you… Read More »

FERC Releases its final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Driftwood LNG Project

FERC released its final EIS for the Driftwood LNG Project ("Project") on January 18, 2019. The Project involves (1) the construction and operation of an LNG Facility and its five appurtenant LNG plant facilities to liquefy natural gas, with other sup… Read More »

2018 Legislative Session: New Domestic Violence Laws

2018 LEGISLATIVE SESSION NEW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS   HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FIREARM LEGISLATION Louisiana began its efforts to disarm domestic abusers in2014.La. R.S. 46:2136.3 prohibits the possession of a firearm for the durat… Read More »

Cyber Risk Insurance For Lawyers and Clients: What You Need To Know

 Written by: Lauren E. Godshall, Morris Bart LLC Technology Law Committee Chair     Have you the victim of a cyber data breach? Odds are, if you’ve logged onto LinkedIn, picked up an Uber, filled a prescription at C… Read More »

Advice To Young Lawyers (and Old) Regarding Calendaring and Dealing with Pro Se Litigants

Written by: Steven J. Lane, Herman, Herman & Katz NOBA Family Law Committee Chair             In order to insure that I know what hearings, deadlines, conferences, meetings, etc. I need to ad… Read More »

Advice To Young Lawyers (And Old) Regarding Client Management

Written by: Steven J. Lane, Herman, Herman & Katz NOBA Family Law Committee Chair             For those of you young lawyers (or old ones) who handle hourly cases (or even contingent cases), … Read More »

Filling the Lacuna with Water: HB 391 and Louisiana’s Problem with Public Access to Water

Filling the Lacuna with Water: HB 391 and Louisiana’s Problem with Public Access to Water Written by: Christopher R. Handy, Carver Darden For NOBA’s Property Law Committee As sea levels rise and Louisiana loses a “foot… Read More »

Have Commercial Lenders Been Misusing The US Bankruptcy Code To Defraud Student Borrowers?

Written by: Lynn E. Swanson, Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison LLC   In a case that could provide the basis for a new understanding of the US Bankruptcy Code as it applies to student loans, a Texas judge has ruled not only that some priva… Read More »