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A recent wave of pay transparency laws has left many employers apprehensive about recruiting across state lines. Pay transparency refers to the practice of making employee compensation figures...

The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 ("SECURE 2.0"), signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022, is another round of retirement reforms that began with the original SECURE Act...

The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued draft guidance updating how agencies are to evaluate environmental justice (EJ) concerns when undertaking...

On December 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the U.S. Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision redefining waters of the United States ("WOTUS")...

In Point Energy Partners Permian, LLC v. MRC Permian Company, — S.W.3d —, No. 21-0461, 2023 WL 3028100 (Tex. 2023)...

This week, a Maryland federal district court amended its prior Biological Opinion ("BiOp") vacatur judgment, extending the timeline for vacatur from December 20, 2024, to May 21, 2025,

On June 17, 2024, the States of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and four oil and gas trade associations sued the Department of Interior ("DOI") and its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM")...

In Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC v. 1776 Energy Partners, LLC, — S.W.3d —, No. 22-0095, 2023 WL 3556695 (Tex. 2023), the Texas Supreme Court held that, as a matter of law, the operator of a joint...

On March 12, 2025, EPA Administrator Zeldin announced that the agency, as one of its 31 historic deregulatory actions to advance President Trump's Day One executive orders and EPA's...

On January 27, 2023, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued a ruling involving claims for negligent infliction of emotional distress ("NIED") absent physical damage.

Earlier this week, the New Orleans City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers while the city revisits how (and whether) to regulate them.

The EEOC recently issued its final regulations interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the "PWFA"). The final rule, which becomes effective June 18, 2024...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's recent decision in Carl v. Hilcorp Energy Company, —F.4th—, No. 22-20226, 2024 WL 137038 (5th Cir. Jan 12, 2024)...

The City of New Orleans Department of Finance has launched a Sales Tax Amnesty Program offering businesses a limited-time opportunity to settle overdue sales tax obligations with significant penalty relief. Through December 31, 2026, qualifying taxpayers can resolve delinquent balances for sales taxes, use taxes, hotel/motel taxes, and other municipal taxes while having all penalties, negligence fees, and half of accrued interest waived.

On April 17, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the Coast Guard's determination that a vessel is considered "built in the United States" for purposes...

For nearly three years, unit operators in Louisiana have waited to see whether the Western District of Louisiana would change course or double down on its March 2019 decision in Johnson v. Chesapeake.

On February 8, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed two rules that would: (1) amend the regulatory definition of hazardous waste applicable to RCRA corrective actions...

Fireworks continue from the Louisiana legislature on CCS. Since our previous post covering the legislative session, the filed CCS bills now include...