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Buy-Sell Agreements: Protecting Your Louisiana Business When a Partner Wants Out
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…
Louisiana Expungement: Clearing a Misdemeanor From Your Record
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 R.S. 44:9 was repealed by Acts 2014, No. 145, effective August 1, 2014, and its substance moved into the Louisiana Code…
What Happens After Your First Court Appearance for a Misdemeanor in New Orleans
Miss a deadline in the weeks after your first appearance, and you can lose your bond, your leverage, or your chance to resolve the case quietly — long before a trial date ever gets set. Most people walk out of…
Louisiana Usufruct: What It Means for Your Spouse and Children
If you die without addressing it, Louisiana law will decide who controls your property and who merely owns it on paper — and those are not the same person. Most states don’t split ownership this way. Louisiana does, because it’s…
Buy-Sell Agreements: Protecting Your Business When a Partner Wants Out
A Louisiana-specific guide for LLC members and closely-held corporation shareholders Without a buy-sell agreement in place before a partner dies, divorces, or walks away, the surviving owners can end up sharing the economics of a business with an ex-spouse, an…
Field Sobriety Tests in Louisiana: Are They Optional?
A Louisiana driver pulled over on suspicion of DWI can decline the roadside walk-and-turn, the one-leg stand, and the eye test — and doing so carries none of the automatic license penalties that come with refusing a breath or blood…
Choosing Local Counsel for Federal Litigation in Louisiana: What to Look For
Local counsel in Louisiana’s federal courts isn’t a formality you check off — it’s a mandatory role with real professional exposure attached to it. Out-of-state trial teams often treat the requirement as a signature to buy. That’s the wrong way…
Pro Hac Vice in the Southern District of Texas: A Practical Guide
An out-of-state attorney can be sitting on a signed engagement letter and still be one missed local-rule requirement away from getting their motion bounced by the clerk. The Southern District of Texas (SDTX) is one of the busiest federal dockets…
Naming a Power of Attorney in Louisiana: Who Should You Choose and Why
Most people pick a power of attorney the way they pick an emergency contact — fast, by instinct, usually the oldest child or the spouse. In Louisiana, that instinct can backfire, because the document you’re signing isn’t a “power of…