Posts by Troy Broussard

• Private/Parochial School Law

  Handling Custody/Visitation Conflicts

  • April 9, 2018
  • By Troy Broussard

  One of the most common challenges faced by school administrators relates to the handling of child custody & visitation orders. It is not uncommon for one parent to demand that the school deny the other parent access to the student and/or the student’s records based on an ongoing custody battle or a custody/visitation order. A judgment/order […]

• Private/Parochial School Law

  Avoiding Title IX Investigations

  • March 27, 2018
  • By Troy Broussard

  Private and parochial schools that receive federal funding are, by federal law, required to comply with Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities. I have recently seen an increase in the number of private/parochial schools being investigated by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), a unit of […]

• Insurance & Casualty Litigation

  ABIZ: I Hereby Waive & Release Any and All Liability…Or Do I?

  • April 3, 2014
  • By Troy Broussard

  This article originally appeared in ABIZ Acadiana Business on February 21, 2014. Liability waivers are everywhere. We find them in recreational sports application forms (youth and adult), on signs and menus in restaurants that serve raw oysters, in church and school field-trip permission forms, on parking garage tickets, in alarm service monitoring contracts, etc. But […]

• Business Litigation

  LA Supreme Court Strikes Down Statutes Targeting Athletic Association

  • April 5, 2013
  • By Troy Broussard
  

  In Louisiana High School Athletics Association, Inc. v. State, 12-1471 (La. 01/29/13), 107 So.3d 583, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that Title 17 statutes modifying the private athletic association’s corporate bylaws were unconstitutional special laws. The court further found that the association was not a public body subject to the Open Meetings Law. Finally, the court […]