Federal Rule of Evidence 901(a) provides that
To satisfy the requirement of authenticating or identifying an item of evidence, the proponent must produce evidence sufficient to support a finding that the item is what the proponent claims it is.
Moreover,
A Louisiana usufruct can give your spouse the use of the family home for the rest of their life while your children legally own it. That arrangement keeps families in their homes. It also produces a steady stream of succession
Local counsel for out-of-state attorneys filing immigration habeas petitions in Louisiana and Texas federal courts For attorneys. Bloom Legal does not practice immigration law. We serve as sponsoring local counsel and federal filing support for the immigration attorneys who do.
As the legal frameworks governing civil rights and democratic institutions face ongoing challenges, understanding how these systems operate within the courts is critical for active civic engagement.
For the latest episode of The Legal Lens podcast, I had the privilege
Current as of August 2026. The Fifth Circuit’s treatment of mandatory detention is actively in flux — see the note on en banc review below — and the Western District’s standing orders are revised administratively. Both should be confirmed before
A downloaded template will form your Louisiana LLC. It will not tell you who owns your partner’s half after his divorce, his death, or the Tuesday he decides he’s done. Louisiana law will tell you — and the answer it
NatureBest Precut & Produce LLC, a processor with plants in Missouri City and Houston, Texas, has recalled eighteen refrigerated products made with jalapeño peppers it bought from Coast Citrus Distributors — the San Diego importer at the center of a Salmonella Javiana
Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat. You can learn
It’s collateral-order-doctrine week in the U.S. Courts of Appeals, with two courts issuing opinions that dismiss interlocutory appeals of orders ruling on claims of immunity from civil litigation. Both appeals are dismissed on the ground that the immunity at issue
Search “Louisiana expungement” and half the results still cite a statute that stopped existing more than a decade ago. R.S. 44:9 was repealed by Acts 2014, No. 145, effective August 1, 2014, and its substance moved into the Louisiana Code
