On August 28, 2026, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) published an interim final rule rewriting the regulations governing the Vessel and Shipyard Financing Program, commonly known as the Title XI Program, found at 46 CFR Part 298. The rule took effect immediately upon publication, though MARAD is accepting public comments through October 27, 2026.

On October 29, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that certain businesses in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Francine ...

On February 6, 2025, the Trump Administration announced the appointment of Scott Mason IV as regional EPA Administrator for Region 6. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Region 6 covers Arkansas...

Delaware asset protection trust laws and rejected a creditor's attempt to seize assets held in a Delaware asset protection trust in order to enforce a $14 million judgment from Michigan...

The Treasury Department and IRS have proposed new regulations that would eliminate a burdensome information-return filing requirement for trusts whose only charitable contribution deductions flow through from partnerships or S corporations. The proposed rule addresses practitioner complaints about an obscure filing obligation that applies to trustees who may not even realize they are subject to it, while serving little enforcement purpose for the IRS.

The Louisiana Department of Revenue has finalized two sets of regulations published in the May 20, 2026 edition of the Louisiana Register that affect Louisiana’s pass-through entity tax election framework and employer...

The Louisiana Department of Revenue has drafted an emergency regulation regarding the Louisiana net capital gains deduction, Louisiana Administrative Code 61:I.1312.

The Internal Revenue Service recently released proposed regulations implementing the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit after statutory changes enacted in last year's tax legislation...

Louisiana's Department of Conservation and Energy has proposed significant rule changes for groundwater management that could reshape how legacy oilfield sites are investigated and monitored. The new regulations introduce stricter requirements for environmental well installation, including prohibitions on screens crossing multiple aquifer layers, and establish accelerated timelines for well plugging.

Contractors and subcontractors working on public construction projects in Louisiana can now benefit from an expanded sales and use tax exemption under...

Act 822 of the 2026 Regular Session (House Bill 638, by Representative Jacob Landry) is a dramatic change in Louisiana private construction law. It amends and reenacts Louisiana’s private prompt-payment statute (La. R.S. § 9:2784) into a comprehensive prompt-payment regime that runs from the top of the payment chain to the bottom.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that state-law limited partners are exempt from self-employment taxes on their distributive shares of partnership income without being subjected to a fact-intensive...

On September 10, in Monahan v. City of New Orleans, No. 2025-CA-0757, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed a district court judgment compelling the City of New Orleans to pay an $8,284,084.51 tax refund judgment through a writ of mandamus, rejecting the City’s argument that payment remained discretionary absent a specific legislative appropriation.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Independent Office of Appeals (IRS Appeals) has been slow to resolve Covid-era Employee Retention Credit (ERC) refund claims.

A recent decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has brought renewed attention to the limits of federal regulatory authority, this time in the context of home distilling.

On February 9, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld an individual income-tax deficiency and associated penalties against taxpayer Karen Veeraswamy for the 2014 tax year.

In Otay Project LP, Oriole Management LLC v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2026-21, the United States Tax Court disallowed a more than...

By notice published in the Federal Register on November 24, 2025, the United States Postal Service (the "USPS") added a Section 608.11 ("Section 608.11") to its Domestic Mail Manual...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued final regulations (Federal Register Doc. No. 2026-07104) implementing the "no tax on tips" provisions enacted as part...

Since the 2020-2022 supply chain congestion, ocean carriers have faced a wave of Shipping Act claims from customers seeking to recover elevated import costs incurred during the pandemic-driven surge in U.S.