The date by which insured financial institutions are required to comply with the updated rules for advertising of FDIC membership is January 1, 2025.

On May 23, 2025, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry appointed Francis J. (Jay) Lobrano as the Local Tax Judge of the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals to complete the term of outgoing Local Tax Judge, now Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Cade Cole.

In December 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Justice to complete the rulemaking process to move marijuana...

Employers today face an increasingly complex landscape when managing employee leave and accommodations. Overlapping federal mandates, evolving pregnancy-related requirements...

When a serious workplace incident occurs, employers face immediate challenges that extend beyond the incident itself. Understanding how to navigate the critical first 24 hours can significantly influence the trajectory of an OSHA investigation and shape the company's legal position in potential enforcement actions or litigation.

The Fifth Circuit's en banc decision in the Louisiana Ten Commandments case grabbed headlines last week, but the most significant part of the ruling wasn't about religion...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fundamentally shifted its enforcement approach, moving away from subjective consumer choice evaluations toward prosecuting actual fraud cases with identifiable victims and measurable damages. This policy change, announced through updated Enforcement Principles and Supervision and Enforcement Priorities, represents a significant departure from the agency's previous regulatory philosophy.

Recent industry data highlight a growing disconnect in US health care costs. Insurers frequently point to drug prices as a key driver of rising premiums, yet the data show drug prices moving in the opposite direction.

The United States Supreme Court's involvement in challenges to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has created a complex legal landscape with conflicting circuit court decisions. Federal appeals courts in different jurisdictions have reached opposing conclusions about HISA's constitutionality under the private non-delegation doctrine, setting the stage for potential Supreme Court intervention. The ongoing legal battle affects horse racing operations across multiple states, with varying enforcemen

Recent data confirms that trade secret litigation is at an all‑time high, reflecting a fundamental shift in how companies protect proprietary information.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently released Public Notice DA-26-769 seeking comments on the procedures it should use for Auction 115, a spectrum auction that will make 160 MHz of Upper C-band spectrum available for flexible wireless use across the continental United States.

As humans have pushed into the atmosphere and beyond, the stuff we brought with us is beginning to accumulate, even more so with the increased commercialization of space and technological advancement of satellites.

As the 2026 Regular Session gets underway, Mississippi lawmakers have again filed legislation addressing mobile/online sports wagering and online sweepstakes casino-style gaming.

The Florida Legislature is moving forward with two pieces of legislation designed to clarify retail operations in a future society devoid of physical pennies.

This amendment increases the homestead exemption, for all non-school taxes, to $150,000 in 2027, and $250,000 in 2028, and adjusts for inflation thereafter. It requires the legislature to prescribe a uniform procedure for counties and municipalities, for their respective levies, to increase the homestead exemption up to full assessed value, and allows special districts, subject to referendum approval, to do the same.

During the final week of February, House Bill 4014 cleared the Mississippi House of Representatives. The bill exempts income earned by college athletes from their Name, Image, and Likeness ("NIL") activities from Mississippi income tax.

Jason Loring, a partner in Jones Walker LLP's Atlanta office and co-leader of the firm's privacy, data strategy, and artificial intelligence team, previously provided an overview...

On January 13, 2026, we teamed up to present a 90‑minute CLE program through BARBRI focused on one of the most consistently challenging areas of maritime practice: drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.

Recently enacted federal legislation geared toward making employment at sea safer has resulted in many mariners being denied credentials and/or renewals of their credentials through the National Maritime Center. 46 USC 7511, enacted in 2022, bans the issuance of any merchant marine credentials (MMC) to anyone who has been convicted under the federal sexual abuse statutes (18 USC Ch 109A) or under state statutes deemed substantially similar.

An hour after writing a blog post about a recent study mapping the large quantity of space debris in orbit (particularly in lower Earth orbit "LEO")...