We write often about the importance of the details in engagement agreements and how they can protect lawyers and their clients down the road. The best engagement agreements are detailed, …
This weekend Louisiana voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the mandatory retirement age for state court judges. Constitutional Amendment 5, which would have increased the age cap from …
Generative AI is a genuinely useful tool for lawyers, and many Louisiana practitioners are already using it in some form. By now, though, the warnings about AI hallucinations in legal …
Every year, the LADB publishes valuable data on Attorney Discipline in Louisiana. The statistics for 2025 demonstrate a noteworthy shift that Louisiana lawyers will want to absorb. Two years have …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of April 2026. Louisiana Supreme Court Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary …
ABA Formal Opinion 522 addresses a practical question litigators sometimes face: what must a lawyer do when the lawyer has reason to believe the judge should be disqualified? The opinion’s basic …
The Louisiana Supreme Court Technology Commission published Generative Artificial Intelligence Guidelines in October 2025. While expressly non-binding, the guidelines illuminate the Louisiana Supreme Court’s expectations and offer practical guidance to …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders published during the month of March 2026. Louisiana Supreme Court
In 2005, attorneys Ike Spears and William Hall verbally agreed to jointly represent the Port of Orleans on a contingency fee basis for Hurricane Katrina insurance claims. The Port rejected …
At its February 2026 midyear meeting in San Antonio, the ABA House of Delegates adopted significant revisions to Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.14, the rule governing representation of clients …
