Consumer credit and collections continues to be in a pandemic induced state of limbo as evident from the continued decline in bankruptcy filings in the United States. A blog post by Robert M. Lawless goes through the numbers. Total bankruptcy filings are half of what they were pre-pandemic and are at historic lows. The reasons for such low filings are subject to much debate in the credit industry but are believed to be the consequences of the pandemic as well as state, local, and federal governments’ response to the pandemic.
Louisiana runs three separate adoption procedures for three different situations: intrafamily adoption for relatives with custody, stepparent adoption within that same framework, and adult adoption under an entirely different Civil Code track.
Louisiana requires most malpractice claims to go through a medical review panel before a lawsuit can be filed. Here is how the panel process works, how it protects your deadline to sue, and what the damages cap does and does not cover.
Louisiana pays four distinct categories of workers' compensation wage benefits, each with its own duration rules. Here is how TTD, PTD, SEB, and PPD actually work, and how long each one can last under La. R.S. 23:1221.
