Content Posted in 2022
“A Time to Train” the next Generation of Legal Professionals to Become Culturally Competent While Practicing Humility, Deleso A. Alford
A Wee Bit Racist: What are the Rules of Evidence, Alex?, Anibal Rosario Lebrón
Breaking the Chains of a Habitually Offensive Penal System: An Examination of Louisiana’s Habitual-Offender Statute with Recommendations for Continued Reform, Harper G. Street
Calling All Oysters: An Analysis of Living Shorelines, Legal Impediments, and Louisiana’s Land Loss Crisis, Alyssa Craton
Comparative Property Law and the Pandemic: Vulnerability Theory and Resilient Property in an Age of Crises, Marc L. Roark and Lorna Fox O’Mahony
Contra Proferentem in the Oilpatch? The “Against the Lessee” Rule of Lease Construction, Byron C. Keeling
Critical Decisions: The Challenge of Defining Critical Habitat Under the Endangered Species Act, Jeffrey S. Knighton Jr.
Cut and Run: Bonding, Bankruptcies, and the Orphaned-Oil-Well Crisis, Nicole Layton and Ginger Sprong
Decommissioning of Onshore Oil and Gas Pipelines and Related Gathering and Flow Lines, M. Taylor Darden and Elizabeth Griffin
February 2022 Louisiana Bar Exam, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions
Finally, Some Clarity: Why Statutory Withholding Orders Are Not Final Orders of Removal Under the Nasrallah v. Barr Analysis, Victoria Montanio
Firing Employment at Will and Discharging Termination Claims from Employment Discrimination: A Cooperative Federalism Approach to Improve Employment Law, William Corbett
Flip or Flop: Proper Determination of the Valuation for Disaster-Damaged Property in a Changing Climate, Brianne M. Bennett
Held Accountable: A Comparative Analysis of Public Liability and Executing Judgments for Flood Damage, Samantha M. Kennedy
Justice for All: Examining Bostock v. Clayton County’s Impact on Louisiana Employment Discrimination Law, Lane Simon
Leaving It Up to Chance: Problems with the H-2B Statutory Cap on Visas, Heidi H. Bieber
Louisiana’s Criminal Defense Dilemma: Working toward a Disaster Resistant Future, Tyler Duffy
Maintaining “Two Sets of Books” in a Production in “Paying Quantities” Case: Nefarious or Necessary?, Patrick S. Ottinger
Non-Refoulement, Withholding, and Private Persecution, Dyllan Moreno Taxman
Oh the Tides They Are a Changin’: Climate Change, Due Diligence, and How the Standard of Care Should Change to Reflect the Current Technologies in Flood Mapping, Stephanie Wartelle
Permitting Gross-Ups for Title VII Back-Pay Awards: A Gross Tax Issue, Gabrielle Domangue
Plenty of Fish in the Sea: An Analysis of the Fifth Circuit’s Refusal to Bite on Aquaculture in the Gulf, Mary Eliza Baker
Promoting Industry Transparency in the Field of Hydraulic Fracturing to Facilitate Equitable Balancing of Economic Interests and Public Health, Trevor Gruwell
Reigning in Regulatory Overreach: FERC’s Role in Bankruptcy, Bradley G. Oster
Sever the Severance Tax: Louisiana’s Severance Tax on Crude Oil Production, Mitchell Knight Edwards
Shifting the Burden of Plastic Bags: A Proposal for a Federal Extended Producer Responsibility Law, Rachel Hart
Tax Allyship, Blaine G. Saito
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A Large Scale Energy Project in Violation of International Law?, Ricarda E. von Meding
The Great Escape: Exploring Chapter 11’s Allure to Mass Tort Defendants, Natalie R. Earles
The Morasses of Louisiana’s Coastal Wetland Restoration, E. Barrett Ristroph
The Private-Public Nexus and Renewable Energy: United States, Germany, and China, Nancy Kubasek, M. Neil Browne, Samuel Smith, and Phil Rich
The Racial Politics of Fair Use Fetishism, Anjali Rosario Vats
The Transformation from Cooperative Federalism to Exclusive Jurisdiction: Issues in the Evolution of a New Era of Energy Regulation, Marisa Del Turco
“This Lawsuit Smacks of Racism”: Disinformation, Racial Coding,and the 2020 Election, Atiba R. Ellis
Time to Get Smart, Louisiana: Addressing Regulation of Smart Meter Data, Kaleigh K. Rooney
Tipping the Cap to Practical and Equitable Considerations: The Supreme Court Should Refuse to Apply 11 U.S.C. § 502 (b)(6)’s Cap to Non-rent Damages, Andrew K. Chenevert
Voting Able: Accessible In-Person Voting for Persons with Disabilities, Keiara T. B. Fort
Voting Rights, Democracy, and the Constitution After January 6, 2021, Paul Finkelman
Welcome to the Burn Pit: Where the Black Goo Oozes and the Green Ponds Glow, Carlissa R. Carson
You Can Go Your Own Way: The Failings of Teague v. Lane and Why Louisiana Should Create Its Own Retroactivity Standard, Emma C. Looney