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Heroic efforts are underway to rescue, house, and comfort hundreds of thousands of people affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. As our thoughts turn toward rebuilding and renewal, we can only wonder what the future holds for the city of New Orleans.

To that end, Dr. George Friedman, Chairman of Stratfor, the world’s largest privately held intelligence company, recently authored a thought-provoking article on the rebuilding of New Orleans as it relates to the national — and global — economy. Read the article.
Continue Reading Rebuilding New Orleans

To our friends, clients and colleagues —

We deeply appreciate all of the calls, e-mails and concern expressed by our clients, contacts and friends in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Because our headquarters are in Baton Rouge, we were spared the brunt of the damage and devastation being experienced by our friends in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast. Thankfully, our Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, and Plaquemine offices were not affected.
Continue Reading MESSAGE TO CLIENTS, CONTACTS AND FRIENDS CONCERNING HURRICANE KATRINA

Per its website at http://www.laed.uscourts.gov, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has closed until further notice, and has suspended “all deadlines and delays in matters pending before this court…until ordered otherwise.”

Assessors are charged with the duty of determining the fair market value of business and residential property in Louisiana so that annual ad valorem property taxes can be imposed. This duty to determine fair market value is modified by a duty to insure that assessments are uniform. That is, similar properties should have similar assessments.
Continue Reading Louisiana Taxpayer Victory May Help Others Avoid Increased Assessments

By way of BeSpecific, a wonderful weblog, comes a pointer to some overdue recognition for the Louisiana State Legislature web portal.

The Center for Digital Government, which describes itself as “a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government,” ranks Louisiana’s legislature the third…

In-house counsel who are employed in Louisiana but are not licensed to practice law here have until July 1, 2005 to file an application for limited licensure to practice under the Louisiana Supreme Court’s new In-House Counsel Rule.
Continue Reading Louisiana In-House Counsel Rule Deadline Approaching

An interesting post from A.J. Levy at Out-of-the-Box Lawyering, http://www.outoftheboxlawyering.com, on obtaining CLE credits on-line. Louisiana Supreme Court rules allow the desk-shackled among us to obtain up to 4 hours for “watching approved video presentations or listening to approved audio presentations.” We can’t emphasize the “approved” term enough. Check out A.J.’s post for details.…

LSU Chemistry Professor Isiah Warner was awarded a $1 million professorship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Warner intends to use the funds to establish a diversity mentoring program to enhance science education among minorities to encourage minorities to enter science professions. LSU already produces more African-American chemistry Ph.D.’s than any other graduate shcool in…