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COURT OF APPEALS OF LOUISIANA UPHOLDS CITY’S AGREEMENT TO ARCHITECT’S MODIFIED CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PLAN CHANGE ORDER DESPITE ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND DURESS

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COURT OF APPEALS OF LOUISIANA UPHOLDS CITY’S AGREEMENT TO ARCHITECT’S MODIFIED CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PLAN CHANGE ORDER DESPITE ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND DURESS

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The recent decision by the Louisiana Court of Appeals in City of Ruston v. Womack & Sons Construction Group, Inc., 374 So. 3d 311 (La. App. 2 Cir. 2023) underscores the critical need for architects to meticulously draft and review contracts, contract conditions, and change orders in construction projects. The City of Ruston (the “City”)…
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SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS

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Historically, non-compete agreements were utilized to safeguard a company’s trade secrets, proprietary information, and customer relationships. Non-compete agreements served as critical tools for protecting business interests. However, over the past few years, there has been a recent legislative priority to limit or ban the use of restrictive covenants. In 2021, President Joe Biden signed an…
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EPA PROPOSES NEW RULE TO LIST SPECIFIC PFAS COMPOUNDS AS HAZARDOUS CONSTITUENTS UNDER RCRA

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On February 8, 2024, the EPA proposed changes to regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to add nine PFAS compounds, “their salts, and their structural isomers . . .” to RCRA’s hazardous constituents list. The EPA promulgates a list of hazardous constituents under RCRA “comprised of chemicals that have toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic,…
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FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF TALLGRASS ENERGY AND FOUR OTHERS CHARGED WITH INSIDER TRADING

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Roy Cook, a former board member of Tallgrass Energy LP, and four of his friends with insider trading for trading on material nonpublic information in advance of a public announcement that Blackstone Infrastructure Partners had offered to acquire Tallgrass and take it private. The five defendants agreed to…
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