NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release: The ACLU of Louisiana has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in the filing of an amended complaint against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Angie and Wenceslaus "June" Provost Jr., who are fourth-generation sugarcane farmers in New Iberia, Louisiana, along with a p  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Sept. 21 -- The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors issued the following joint statement on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) President and CEO Susan Neely and National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA)--Louisiana Chapter President Blake Gillies issued the following joint statement on the best interest annuity rule adopted by the Louisiana Department of Insurance: "The Louisiana Department of Insur  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 20 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Baton Rouge, LA; September 19, 2024: Today, Amy Cao and four other licensed cosmetologists and manicurists filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology for violating her right to a jury trial. "The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases," said Adi Dynar, an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation. "There should  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 18 -- The Association of Independent Information Professionals issued the following Q&A on Sept. 17, 2024, with technical writer and editor Sherri Leah Henkin: * * * In your bio, you describe yourself as a Technical Writer and Editor. In two sentences, what is it that technical writers and editors do? Technical writers and editors, also called technical communicators, translate complex technical concepts by developing materials that are user friendly and apply to  more