11/26/2025 7:59:33 PM Environmental Groups Sue Over Gulf Lease Sale Without NEPA Review By Liskow A recent ENERGYWIRE article examines a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups challenging the Trump administration’s plan to move...
1/29/2026 9:53:41 PM Data Centers Are the New Industrial Neighbors: Managing Risk of Nuisance and Environmental Litigation By Michael Mims Earlier this week, the New Orleans City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data centers while the city revisits how (and...
1/28/2026 7:06:03 PM DOJ Issues Final Rule Eliminating Disparate Impact from its Title VI Enforcement Regulations By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Colin North +1 more... Show less On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") issued a final rule amending its regulations implementing Title VI of the...
1/26/2026 7:38:33 PM Why Employers Everywhere Should Be Watching DOJ v. Minnesota By Cherrell Taplin Tommy McGoey What the DOJ’s Lawsuit Against Minnesota Signals for DEI in the Workplace The U.S. Department of Justice’s January 14, 2026 lawsuit...
1/23/2026 5:16:57 PM D.C. Circuit Rejects EPA’s Bid to Partially Vacate PFAS Drinking Water Rule By Michael Mims Emily von Qualen On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied EPA’s request to partially vacate portions of its...
1/22/2026 2:10:32 PM LDEQ Finalizes Regulations Amending the State's Voluntary Environmental Self-Audit Program By Greg Johnson Clare Bienvenu Emily von Qualen Colin North +1 more... Show less On January 20, 2026, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) published a final rule in the Louisiana Register that...
1/20/2026 5:07:43 PM How PFAS Exposure Is Driving a New Era of Personal Injury Claims By Cherrell Taplin Michael Mims Understanding PFAS Personal Injury Claims Public concern about PFAS—often called “forever chemicals”—has grown as regulators prioritize...
1/20/2026 2:54:21 PM Fifth Circuit Limits Tax Court’s Authority to Recharacterize State-Law Limited Partners for Self-Employment Tax Purposes By Leon Rittenberg III Caroline Lafourcade Kevin Naccari The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that state-law limited partners are exempt from self-employment taxes on their...
1/16/2026 10:25:07 PM Maximizing OBBBA Bonus Depreciation in Producing Oil and Gas Property Acquisitions By John Bradford On January 16, 2026, Liskow tax attorneys published a blog regarding IRS Notice 2026 - 11, which provides guidance on the implementation...
1/16/2026 3:51:06 PM IRS Publishes 100% Bonus Depreciation Guidance By Leon Rittenberg III John Rouchell Caroline Lafourcade Kevin Naccari +1 more... Show less The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department have released guidance implementing the expanded “bonus depreciation” provisions...
1/15/2026 8:17:47 PM Louisiana’s New Comparative Fault Law: What Changed on January 1, 2026 — and Why It Matters By Cherrell Taplin On January 1, 2026, Louisiana closed the chapter on its long‑standing pure comparative fault system and moved to a modified approach that...
1/12/2026 9:59:40 PM Louisiana’s New Combined State and Local Sales Tax Return Set to Be Available for Filing on February 1, 2026 By Caroline Lafourcade Bob Angelico Kevin Naccari Louisiana’s new Combined State and Local Sales and Use Tax return is targeted for implementation on February 1, 2026, for reporting...
1/9/2026 8:59:51 PM Tax Court Revokes Exempt Status for Failure to Satisfy the Section 501(c)(3) Operational Test By Leon Rittenberg III John Rouchell Caroline Lafourcade Kevin Naccari +1 more... Show less The United States Tax Court recently issued a Memorandum Opinion in Milk Saving Starving Children Foundation v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo....