A decision handed down by Louisiana’s Third Circuit Court of Appeal on February 21, 2019, is the first reported case to examine the remedy granted to oppressed shareholders by the Louisiana Business Corporation Act (LBCA), which became effective in 2015.
The LBCA introduced in Louisiana a version of what is known as
By: G. Trippe Hawthorne and Beau Bourgeois
On April 23, 2019, by a vote of 94-0, House Bill 273, which is an overall update and revision to Louisiana’s Contractor’s Licensing Law, passed out of the Louisiana House of Representatives. The reengrossed version of the bill, including amendments made in the House Committee on Commerce and
On May 8, 2019, by a vote of 91-0, House Bill 203, which is an overall update and revision to Louisiana’s Private Works Act, passed out of the Louisiana House of Representatives. The reengrossed version of the bill, including amendments made in the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure and
As was previously reported, in March, a Federal District Judge in Washington D.C. lifted a stay on the EEOC’s collection of pay data (known as “Component 2” data) from employers with EEO-1 reporting obligations. The EEOC has now spoken regarding its collection of Component 2 data and stated that
Over the past few years, Energy Intelligence Group (“EIG”) – the New York and London-based publisher of 15 newsletters for the oil and gas industry – has sued more than a dozen energy companies and investment houses, alleging violations of federal copyright law. The alleged violations result from buying subscriptions to
Among the various duties that Jones Act employers are charged with is the duty to provide its seamen with reasonable medical care. In a recent decision from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Randle v. Crosby Tugs, L.L.C., the Court considered the extent of this duty and how it may
The Louisiana Risk Fee Act (La. R.S. 30:10) continues to be a big headache for operators. The Louisiana Legislature revised the Act significantly in 2012, adding alternate and cross unit wells to the category of wells to which the statute applies, but also imposed new obligations on drilling owners during the
The Louisiana Construction Anti-Indemnity Act (La. R.S. 9:2780.1) generally renders null, void and unenforceable any provision in a construction contract (defined broadly to include design, construction, alteration, renovation, repair, and maintenance) which either:
(1) purports to indemnify, defend, or hold harmless, or has the effect of indemnifying, defending, or holding harmless,
Most private employers with 100 or more employees are required to submit an annual EEO-1 report to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding the number of workers employed in different categories, broken down by race, sex, and ethnicity. The Obama administration proposed adding pay data to the required report, as
By Blake Crohan
In In the Matter of 4-K Marine, No. 18-30348 (5th Cir. Jan. 30, 2019) the U.S. Fifth Circuit held that the owner of a stationary, “innocent” vessel is not entitled to reimbursement of the medical expenses of an employee who fraudulently claimed his preexisting injuries resulted from an allision. In June