1/30/2025 6:15:58 PM Louisiana Businesses - Pay Attention to the March 29 Vote on Business Inventory Taxes By Jesse "Jay" R. Adams, III Joshua M. Sanchez-Secor Louisiana voters will decide on March 29 whether to approve more than 100 pages of revisions to the state constitution related to ad...
1/28/2025 7:56:09 PM Senate HELP committee shares health and retirement plan legislative priorities By Timothy P. Brechtel A recent NAPA article notes key priorities of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), now chaired by...
1/28/2025 7:39:50 PM Louisiana Department of Revenue Announces an "Extraordinary Measure" to Continue Certain Sales Tax Exemptions for Non-Profits and Educational Institutions By William M. Backstrom Jr. On January 16, 2025, the Louisiana Department of Revenue issued Revenue Information Bulletin No. 25-009 announcing the “extraordinary...
1/24/2025 6:09:25 PM America Hurdles Towards a New, Uncertain Future in AI By Jason M. Loring Andrew R. Lee Graham H. Ryan The first few days of President Trump's second administration featured a flurry of executive orders and other actions intended in large...
1/23/2025 10:21:03 PM AI Moonshot or Pie in the Sky? Project Stargate's Bold Bid to Transform the Future By Andrew R. Lee Jason M. Loring Graham H. Ryan The Trump Administration's January 21 announcement of “Project Stargate," a $500 billion private sector initiative, marks an...
1/16/2025 8:32:10 PM Religious Issues in the Workplace Only Getting Hotter By Sidney F. Lewis, V The US Supreme Court threw employers a curveball in 2023 (Groff v. Dejoy, 600 U.S. 447 (2023)) when it held that an employer must show a...
1/14/2025 10:22:39 PM OSHA Increases Penalty Amounts for 2025 By Jane Heidingsfelder On January 15, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) increased the penalty amounts for violations in accordance...
1/8/2025 10:17:32 PM Jury Award in Back Pay to 11,780 Uniformed Employees By Sidney F. Lewis, V The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a jury award of $22.25 million in back pay to 11,780 uniformed employees who worked...