Environmental and science advocacy groups 1 have sued EPA and other agencies in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for removing without notice "vitally important webpages...

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.

On March 11, 2024, Liskow lawyers Kathryn Gonski and Melanie Derefinko secured the denial of a motion to remand on improper joinder grounds and the dismissal of an intentional tort...

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...

The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") published Internal Revenue Bulletin 2025-38 on September 15, 2025 to provide a synopsis of recently published Revenue Procedure 2025-28 and Notice 2025-38.

The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) recently issued Louisiana Revenue Information Bulletin No. 25-022, 08/08/2025, announcing changes to the sales tax exemption for certain purchases made by construction contractors.

he Louisiana Department of Revenue (the "Department") has issued Revenue Information Bulletin 25-030 announcing expansions to the state's electronic filing and payment requirements.

consider the following amendments to regulations made by the Louisiana Department of Revenue earlier this year that go into effect today and on January 1st and the emergency rule...

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...

President Trump signed the "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025" (the "GENIUS Act" or the "Act") into law on July 18, 2025, providing a...

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.

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