A review of recent legislation and jurisprudence in the areas of Labor and Employment law, including US Supreme Court rulings and agencies' guidance.

A review of recent changes to the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure and Revised Statutes and significant case law developments in civil procedure and evidence.

From landmark Louisiana Supreme Court rulings on tort reform, workers' compensation forfeiture, and betterment damages to the state's newest liability-limiting legislation for aerospace, carbon capture, and premises claims, this session delivers a comprehensive tour of what changed in tort law this year. The presentation also looks beyond the appellate reporters to the litigation trends reshaping the practice: the emerging wave of social media addiction lawsuits against Meta and other platforms, and the mass tort docket's continuing evolution across talcum powder, PFAS, Roundup, Paraquat, and other high-value multidistrict litigation. Attorneys will leave with a practical grasp of both the doctrinal shifts controlling their pending cases and the next generation of claims headed for Louisiana courts.

A discussion of recent legislation and jurisprudence related to criminal law and procedure. Recent Jurisprudence topics include constitutional issues, procedural issues, and substantive law issues. Recent Legislation covers substantive crimes, pre-trial issues, procedure, sentencing, and post-conviction.

 

This session tracks the year's most consequential developments at the intersection of corporate law, antitrust, and technology, from Delaware's loss of Tesla and other companies to Texas and Nevada ("DExit") and the resulting statutory arms race among the three states, to the uncertain fate of the Corporate Transparency Act's beneficial-ownership reporting regime and the "Texas Two-Step" bankruptcy maneuver upheld in the Bestwall asbestos litigation. It also covers the regulatory scramble to police prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, a first-of-its-kind federal insider-trading prosecution tied to a Polymarket trade, and the return of aggressive Big Tech antitrust enforcement, including the Google search monopoly ruling, Amazon's "dark patterns" settlement, and the revival of the long-dormant Robinson-Patman Act. Attorneys advising businesses of any size will come away with a working knowledge of where corporate governance, antitrust enforcement, and technology regulation are headed next.

A review of recent legislation and jurisprudence addressing various aspects of real property including, but not limited to, acquisitive prescription, possession, co-ownership, rights to fruits, partition, servitudes, restrictions, public records, expropriation, sales, leases, and obligations of parties.

A review of recent legislation and jurisprudence addressing issues relating to mortgages, privileges, suretyship, pledge, and deposits relating to real property.

A fast-paced review of the year's most important developments in legal ethics, including significant disciplinary cases, advisory opinions, conflicts issues, malpractice trends, technology and AI ethics, and updates to the Rules of Professional Conduct. The session emphasizes practical lessons that lawyers can immediately apply to reduce risk and strengthen their practices.

 

Learn how to frame issues effectively in your legal writing. While multiple methods of issue framing will be identified, the presentation will focus on the 'deep issue' method, which uses syllogisms and allows writers to argue through their issues.

A review of recent legislation and jurisprudence addressing various aspects of marriage, divorce, and ownership and partition of community and separate property.

A review of recent legislation and jurisprudence relating to the possession and disposition of property of heirs and legatees of intestate and testate successions.

A review of recent legislation and jurisprudence relating to the law of obligations and contracts.

Generative AI is the fastest-developing technology the legal profession has encountered. Unlike previous technologies that touched only a lawyer's own work, generative AI reaches further: into the work you supervise, the submissions of opposing counsel, and your clients' own AI use. The Louisiana Code of Professionalism commits every Louisiana lawyer to staying informed about changes in technology that affect law practice and to protecting the image of the profession. That commitment now requires enough understanding of generative AI to supervise it, recognize it in adverse filings, and counsel clients about its risks, whether or not you use it yourself. This session explains why familiarity with AI does not eliminate professional risk, and gives practitioners at every stage of their AI journey concrete tools for meeting each obligation.