Your Client is Making a Terrible Decision. Now What?
Earlier this year, we wrote about the ABA’s substantial revision of Model Rule 1.14. The ABA replaced the familiar concept of a client with “diminished capacity” with a client who …
AI Slop: When the Cases Are Real but the Lawyering Isn’t
We have spent a good deal of time over the past few years encouraging Louisiana lawyers to become familiar with generative AI. Our advice has generally been that lawyers should …
Do You Have to Check the Judge’s Facebook Page Before Trial?
A new U.S. Fifth Circuit decision involving the Port of Lake Charles offers Louisiana lawyers a fairly remarkable lesson about judicial recusal—and perhaps about what lawyers should be doing at …
Should I Be Worried About Prompt Injection?
A strange thing happened recently in a Connecticut courtroom. A self-represented litigant hid instructions to artificial intelligence inside a court filing — written in tiny, white font that was essentially …
Deepfakes Have Arrived in Court. Will the Rules of Evidence Change to Meet Them?
We have been talking for some time about the threat that AI-generated “deepfakes” pose to the justice system. Judges, lawyers, and rulemakers have been talking about it too. As generative …
This Month in Discipline
No lawyer was the subject of a Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary sanction or a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendation for discipline published during the month of August 2026. Louisiana Supreme …
Beyond the Bench: Judges’ Administrative and Supervisory Conduct
On February 18, 2026, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 521, “The Judicial Canons of Ethics Applicability to the Administrative and Supervisory Role of …
Louisiana Legal Ethics: Standards & Commentary (2026) — Now Available
Now there’s a straightforward place to find the answers. Louisiana Legal Ethics: Standards & Commentary (2026) is the easy, comprehensive reference Louisiana lawyers have relied on for years —capturing everything …
Louisiana Supreme Court Amends the Code of Judicial Conduct
The Louisiana Supreme Court has adopted a round of amendments to the Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct, touching Canons 2, 3, 4, and 7. The changes took effect immediately upon …
NACDL Says AI Competence Is Now Part of a Defender’s Ethical Duty
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has weighed in on generative AI, and it isn’t pulling punches. In a new white paper, Parity in Practice: The Defender’s Duty to …