On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") voted 3-2 to ban noncompete agreements, which prevent employees from working for competitors or launching a competing business after they leave a job.

In 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM") issued new financial assurance ("FA") regulations requiring an estimated $6.9 billion in new supplemental FA from federal offshore oil and gas lessees...

In late October 2025, a Paris civil court handed down a decision that could reshape how global energy companies discuss their efforts in climate transition.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued guidance on September 29, 2025, implementing the May 2025 opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court...

Environmental groups have amplified efforts to challenge the permitting of large industrial projects in the Gulf Coast region, citing public health and legal compliance concerns, among others.

On September 16, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) announced that it was proposing to amend the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)...

On September 15, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reinstated a policy from the first Trump administration that the agency would not "second-guess" pre-project emissions projections made by permit applicants in New Source Review (NSR) permitting.

Liskow secured a complete summary judgment for Methanex in a personal injury suit, Knight v. Turner Industries Group, L.L.C., et al., No. 23-469 (M.D. La.).

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) finalized a rule on August 28, 2024 that creates new reporting requirements for certain transfers of residential real estate. Under the new rule...

Since 2016, the Financial Crimes Network of the Treasury Department ("FinCEN") has issued orders requiring title insurance companies to report certain non-financed residential real estate transactions to entities and trusts above a certain price threshold.

The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act contains several tax and development provisions that affect how real estate is owned, transferred, and developed in the United States.

The Internal Revenue Service recently released Revenue Procedure 2026-12, offering procedural guidance for the next generation of qualified opportunity zones (“QOZs”) under §§ 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Under Section 611(a) of the Code, a taxpayer may take a deduction for the depletion of natural resources when determining taxable income from production, permitting a taxpayer to account for the reduction of reserves.

On March 22, 2024, the Treasury Department published a proposed regulation relating to certain transactions involving Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts ("CRATs") investing in single premium immediate annuities ("SPIAs").

In Louisiana Attorney General Opinion No. 25-0049 (Apr. 6, 2026), the Attorney General clarifies the scope of Louisiana’s homestead exemption and the disabled veteran...

On January 16, 2026, Liskow tax attorneys published a blog regarding IRS Notice 2026 - 11, which provides guidance on the implementation of the amendment...

Louisiana voters will have the opportunity to expand property tax relief for senior homeowners when a proposed constitutional amendment appears on the statewide ballot on November 3, 2026.

Several bills aimed at making changes to Louisiana severance tax laws were filed on Friday, the deadline for pre-filing bills to be considered during the Louisiana Legislature's upcoming regular session, which is a fiscal one.

On August 5, 2026, the Tax Court issued its decision in Reed v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2026-64, sustaining most of the IRS’s determinations against Scott L. Reed, a real estate consultant, and Dr. Stacy N. Reed, a physician, for tax years 2012 through 2015.

Cryptocurrency investors are preparing to enter a very different tax reporting environment as the first wave of Forms 1099-DA are issued for digital asset transactions.