These CLE materials provide an overview of the recent developments in Elder Law that occurred between 2017-2018. Topics include legislative and jurisprudential developments in consumer protection, crimes against the elderly, mandate and interdiction, and medical law changes. Attention is also...

These materials were created and presented in connection with LSU's annual Estate Planning Seminar. The paper explores the various types of fiduciary litigation in Louisiana that arises in the estate planning and administration setting. The paper considers the various types of actions and...

These materials are part of the 2017 LSU Recent Developments CLE. The paper includes recent ethical developments; scam and abuse prevention and reporting; recent developments in mandate and interdiction; recent developments in Louisiana's medical consent law, recent developments in living wills...

Scholars and lawyers have told us to be wary of premarital agreements — unfairly characterizing them as being coercive, unfair, sexist, unromantic, and even predictors of future divorce. Critics argue, and the law often presumes, that default marital property laws benefit women — an argument...

These materials are part of the 2016 LSU Legislative Update CLE. The paper includes recent ethical developments; scam and abuse prevention and reporting; recent developments in mandate and interdiction; recent developments in Louisiana's medical consent law, recent developments in living wills...

These materials were prepared in conjunction with the LSU 46th Estate Planning Seminar. They explore the various types of digital assets -- including social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, etc.), audiobooks, music and video files, and bitcoin -- and the estate planning challenges these...