The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision to dismiss claims under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act (LUTPA), finding that a dispute against a ...

Delictual actions (torts) are subject to a liberative prescription of two years. This prescription commences to run from the day injury, or damage is sustained. It does not run against minors or ...

THE Supreme Court ruled that the prescriptive period — or the time limit for prosecuting crimes — ceases to run once a complaint was filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ), not when the case was ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision to dismiss claims under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act (LUTPA), finding that a dispute against a related ...

In my column on March 24, I wrote that the pivotal issue in the case against former president Rodrigo R. Duterte in the International Criminal Court in The Hague is whether the ICC has acquired ...