New Orleans homes are internationally known for a rich melding of French, Spanish, and Caribbean architectural styles while continuously evolving to the often-tropical climate. The women who have resided in these homes, including three-time Grammy winner and civil rights activist Mahalia Jackson and novelist Anne Rice, are similarly world-renowned, multi-cultural, and adaptive, as demonstrated by

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved a 9% reduction in workers’ compensation rates for 2024. The decrease will take effect in May 2024.
According to the Louisiana Department of Insurance, workers’ compensation rates have fallen consistently over the past two decades. They have had a cumulative drop of -37% over the last five years,

The Safer Seas Act (SSA) was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal year of 2023 to combat sexual assault and harassment (SASH) aboard vessels in the wake of the Midshipman-X scandal that rocked the maritime industry in September 2021.
The SSA includes significant changes for those in the maritime

Only last week, we provided updates on the South Louisiana Commercial Trucking Accident Staging prosecutions out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Recently, one of the main players awaiting sentencing under “Operation Sideswipe” was arrested by local law enforcement for a violent crime.
The Recent Arrest
Damian Labeaud, who was