Lafayette Legal Blog

On Nov. 16, a Louisiana judge was slated to hold a preliminary hearing about the 162-mile pipeline that a privately-held fossil fuel company has already begun building across the Atchafalaya Basin and the southern part of the state. Both parties are fighting over whether the United States Constitution allows these types of companies to seize private citizen's property to install their pipelines.

Once finished, this pipeline is slated to connect the Dakota Access Pipeline directly to Louisiana refineries. Indigenous groups first voiced their opposition to this at Standing Rock in 2016.

It takes quite a lot of energy, dedication, time and commitment to run your own business. Many people risk all they've built in their business by not having the proper insurance policies protecting the company. Today, we will take a look at the insurance policies you should have to protect your business from the ground up in the event a lawsuit or other issue arises.

The very first policy you should purchase is liability insurance. This will cover your business from mistakes and failure to perform issues. This coverage is also known as errors and omissions. There is no one policy that covers all businesses or industries. The policy will be tailored to your industry.

Our brains are both fragile and resilient, which can make a mild brain injury a very difficult injury to identify and understand. Although a brain may suffer an injury more easily than we expect, it may also continue to function despite the damage. These kinds of injuries may occur any time that a person receives a blow to the head, but the victim is not always aware that they suffered any serious harm. In fact, the victim may simply suffer through the symptoms without ever receiving a diagnosis or proper treatment, destroying many of their personal and professional relationships along the way.

Mild traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, affect each victim differently because each person's brain is different. However, some the most common symptoms of a mild TBIs are a short temper and an inability to complete familiar tasks easily. To the untrained or unaware eye, this behavior can look just like an immature person acting out in their frustration, not the result of a serious brain injury that changes the victim without their permission.

Creating a prenuptial agreement is typically a wise choice for any partners entering into marriage. In broad strokes, this is because the law views marriage as a business partnership, and achieving divorce is very similar to dissolving a business. Whereas getting married only requires signing a few documents before a clerk, getting divorced involves dividing assets and liabilities in a way that is acceptable to a court. This does not even deal with the issues surrounding children, which courts don't allow prenuptial agreements to address.

Still, many spouses find that the prenuptial agreement they signed before their marriage no longer suits their needs, or may be unfairly restrictive. This is particularly true for spouses who did not carefully consider the terms of their agreement, or spouses who married each other when neither party had many assets or liabilities. Large life changes tend to shift our priorities, which a prenuptial agreement may not address fully.