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The Louisiana Legislature is looking to fix a law that was supposed to make it easier for abuse victims to sue institutions like the Catholic Church. The Louisiana Legislature is looking to fix a ...
The Louisiana Revised Statutes (R.S.) contain a significant amount of legislation, arranged in titles or codes. [2] Apart from this, the Louisiana Civil Code forms the core of private law, [3] the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure (C.C.P.) governs civil procedure, the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure (C.Cr.P.) governs criminal procedure, the Louisiana Code of Evidence governs the law of ...
Officially reversing a controversial March ruling, Louisiana’s highest court Wednesday gave childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits. The state Supreme ...
According to the IRC, one of the key drivers of higher auto insurance costs in Louisiana is the high rate of claims litigation and attorney involvement in a Op-Ed: Legal system abuse drives up ...
Kirchberg v. Feenstra, 450 U.S. 455 (1981), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held a Louisiana Head and Master law, which gave sole control of marital property to the husband and indicated the husband's dominance over the wife in the marriage, unconstitutional.
In 1980, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Gil Dozier was charged with violating both Hobbs and RICO laws. The Baton Rouge -based United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana accused Dozier of compelling companies doing business with his department to make campaign contributions on his behalf.
Redhibition is a civil action available under Louisiana law against the seller and/or manufacturer of a defective product, similar to the lemon laws more familiar to common law jurisdictions in other U.S. states. [1] Redhibition is one of many laws that are unique to Louisiana among U.S. states because of its tradition in French and Spanish ...
Eight years ago article 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, known best as "Gwen's Law" was implemented and gives the judge the discretion of not setting a bond for domestic violence or intimate ...