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Workers' Compensation

Occupational Diseases

Occupational diseases are those that manifest as a result the regular course and scope of employment. Specifically, La. R.S....

Workers' Compensation

Return to Work – Is a Physician Review Required?

When an employee is injured on the job, the goal of any employer is to assist in getting their...

• Meagan N. Johnson

Workers' Compensation

Second Injury Fund – Denied for Lack of Knowledge

The Louisiana Second Injury Fund is designed to protect those employers that hire an employee with a pre-existing permanent...

• Mark S. Owens

Private/Parochial School Law

Secretly Recording Conversations…Legal or not?

I routinely receive calls from clients who are concerned about conversations being records during telephone calls and meetings with...

• Troy A. Broussard

Workers' Compensation

Medical Marijuana in Workers’ Comp – What We Know

Recently, Louisiana took its first tentative steps into the world of medical marijuana. As its use in Louisiana is so...

Private/Parochial School Law

Handling Threats of Student Violence

The prospect of student violence presents two primary risks: (1) a threat to the physical safety of the school...

• Troy A. Broussard