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In March, 2018 the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal rendered a decision critical to how oil producers in Louisiana calculate and pay severance taxes. The taxpayer, Mantle Oil & Gas LLC, sold...

Are you planning to start a new business? Or is your business planning to launch a new product or service? If the answer to either of these questions is “yes,” then filing an application now to...

The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act “TCJA” has raised numerous questions for employers, ranging from how to adjust employee withholding to how to take advantage of the new pass-through deduction. The...

On January 8, 2018, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an en banc decision “to adopt a simpler, more straightforward test” to determine “whether a contract for performance of...

PART II of Effective Estate Planning for Married Couples

A non-compete agreement is an agreement between an employee and the employer in which the employee agrees not to work for a competitor for a specific period immediately after leaving the current...

A large percentage of residents throughout Florida reside within communities that are subject to covenants, conditions, and restrictions that are usually enforced through a home owner’s...

As one of the costliest hurricane seasons on record comes to an end, the Gulf Coast is reminded of the importance of assessing vulnerabilities and allocating risks before an event occurs. Along...

Although enacted into law in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) was for many years something of an afterthought in employment law. In mid-century, the National Labor Relations Act, with...

What do Yahoo, Equifax, Target, Home Depot, J.P. Morgan Chase, and the Democratic National Committee all have in common? Answer: they have all been the targets of recent, successful, and highly...