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Climate Change Litigation: Recent Developments

Written by Marcus Hunter, Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC This article highlights a few of the “climate change” lawsuits which have been reported on recently by the national media. In August 2015, twenty-one children, ranging from age… Read More »

Opioid Litigation: Something Old or Something New?

Written by Stephen G.A. Myers, Brian Reaney, and M. Palmer Lambert             At this point, virtually everyone – whether in the legal profession or not – has he… Read More »

Recent Fifth Circuit Interpretations of the Class Action Fairness Act

By: Alexandra G. Roselli Most defendants prefer to litigate in federal court, which is why removing a lawsuit is often one of the earliest strategic decisions that defense counsel must confront. While federal question and diversity are the two mos… Read More »

Obstacles Faced By Women in the Law

Written By: Dorothy L. Tarver Four issues continue to be the biggest obstacles to a woman’s advancement in the legal profession. They are traditional sexual stereotypes, inflexible workplace structures, inadequate mentoring, and sexual haras… Read More »

It’s about time: The Supreme Court clarifies § 1367(d)’s tolling provision in Artis v. District of Columbia

Written by: Anders F. Holmgren, Flanagan Partners, LLP for NOBA's Complex Litigation Committee Overview of Artis 28 U.S.C. § 1367 allows a federal court to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state claims that are related to feder… Read More »

Relying on keyword search for e-discovery? It may harm your case: important pitfalls and how to escape them.

By: Charles-Theodore Zerner Many attorneys rely exclusively on “Boolean” keyword searches to identify relevant documents during e-discovery. For most of us, this is a familiar technology.[1] We learned how to draft Boolean search queri… Read More »

The Professional Services Exclusion under Louisiana Law

​         By Meghan Grant and Caitlin J. Flanagan Commercial general liability policies often contain a professional services exclusion. While not monolithic, the exclusion generally precludes coverage for bodily inju… Read More »

Punitive Damages and Marine Policies

By Laura Avery, King, Krebs & Jurgens, PLLC Punitive damages have been a real risk to vessel owners since 2009, when the Supreme Court in Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v. Townsend, 129 S.Ct. 2561 (2009) restored the availability of punitive damages … Read More »

New Orleans Bar Association hosts Family Law Mental Health Expert Conference

A standing room only meeting took place on October 9, 2017, at 1515 Poydras in which family law judges, attorneys, and mental health experts met to discuss a variety of issues relating to family law cases. Approximately 25 family law mental health ex… Read More »

Law Institute Addressed Privacy Concerns with Change to Law on Filing Descriptive Lists

Law Institute Addressed Privacy Concerns with Change to Law on Filing Descriptive Lists By Eric M. Schorr and Rose S. Sher, Co-Chairs Wills, Trusts and Successions Committee             Max Nathan, Jr., … Read More »