Louisiana

With the Governor of Louisiana’s signature on Senate Bill 386, Louisiana becomes one of the latest states to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law, joining more than twenty states that have adopted similar frameworks in recent years. Like laws in Texas, Virginia, Colorado, and other states, the Louisiana Data Privacy Act (LDPA) adopts a controller/processor framework, grants consumers rights over their personal data, and authorizes enforcement by the state attorney general rather than priv…

On May 22, 2026, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law legislation providing employees in customer-facing roles with stronger protections against violence at work. The new law expands employee protections and enhances criminal penalties for violence against retail or food-service workers.

Louisiana noncompete agreements must comply with a statute—La. R.S. 23:921—to be enforceable. Does this statute also apply to employee nonsolicitation—or “anti-poaching”—agreements? A Louisiana appellate court recently held it does not, but such agreements must nevertheless be reasonable in scope an

Four new and notable laws affecting Louisiana employers are taking effect in summer 2024, including an expanded statute of limitations for employment torts, meal breaks for minors, a ban on predispute arbitration agreements for sexual harassment, and a ban on nondisclosure agreements regarding sexua

Governor Jeff Landry recently signed into law Act No. 556 , which updates the Louisiana Wage Payment Act (LWPA) to address commissions and plans for incentive payments and bonuses. The new law becomes effective on August 1, 2024.

The Louisiana Legislature recently unanimously passed Act No. 273, which limits noncompete agreements for physicians in the state. The act requires all applicable new noncompete agreements to sunset after three years for primary care physicians and after five years for all other physicians, and it l

Under a new Louisiana law enacted on June 25, 2024, nondisclosure clauses required by an employer and agreed to prior to a hostile work environment dispute or sexual harassment dispute will be unenforceable. Louisiana joins the federal government and a growing number of states that have passed #MeTo

The Louisiana Legislature recently unanimously passed Act No. 273, which limits noncompete agreements for physicians in the state. The act requires all applicable new noncompete agreements to sunset after three years for primary care physicians and after five years for all other physicians, and it l

Governor John Bel Edwards recently signed into law Act No. 210, which provides unpaid leave for employees in Louisiana to receive genetic testing and preventive cancer screening. The act requires employees to satisfy numerous criteria to qualify for the leave, while adding to an employer’s posting a

A recent ruling from a Louisiana appellate court is a reminder that a noncompete agreement that fails to specify the parishes or municipalities a former employer wishes to protect is unenforceable.

The Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit, in DiVittorio v. Seale & Ross, PLC , affirmed a trial court’s judgment in favor of associate attorneys, granting them certain bonus compensation but denying another bonus claim. The appellate court held that the trial court had correctly ruled that the f

In Louisiana, restrictive covenants—known locally as “no competes”—are unenforceable by statutory default. One exception, based on the employer-employee relationship, authorizes an employer to enforce an agreement preventing a former employee from working for a competing business or soliciting custo

Partners Sid Lewis, Jane Heidingsfelder, Jason Culotta, and Alex Glaser co-authored the " Louisiana: Trends and Developments " section for the US Regional Employment 2022 Global Practice Guide, released by Chambers & Partners. In this section, they provided an overview of the latest labor union tren

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , overturning Roe v. Wade , holding that the U.S. Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion, and returning the authority to regulate abortion to individual states. Lo

The 2022 Louisiana legislative session included two bills focusing on workplace violence in the healthcare industry—Act No. 461 and Act No. 129—that Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law earlier this summer.

The 2022 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature was a busy one, although there were only two new notable employment laws.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards recently signed Louisiana’s version of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act into law. It was approved by the Louisiana Legislature in its recently concluded session. In doing so, Louisiana joins 16 other states and becomes the firs

On June 21, 2022, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law legislation prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of hairstyles or textures historically associated with race.

A recent opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applying Louisiana’s restrictive law governing noncompetition agreements, reminds employers of the importance of establishing an employee-employer relationship before entering into noncompetition agreement.

Under Louisiana law, noncompetition agreements may limit competition only as to business similar to that of the former employer. The provision in Advanced Medical Rehab, L.L.C. v. Manton , the court found, violated La. R.S. 23:921 as it prohibited Manton from employment in the practice of marketing