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Hecker Law Firm / Facebook Legislation aimed at making attorney advertising in Louisiana more transparent and less susceptible to misleading claims took effect this month, but tort reform advocates are now waiting for the state Supreme Court to embrace the new rules. Some trial attorneys who pay for billboard ads to get more clients are also waiting for the high court to chime in before they change the way they do business, despite the bill’s warnings that the current ...

Starting Friday, acupuncture and most cancer treatments will be covered. Jurors will be paid more. But the biggest of the new laws that go into effect on Jan. 1 are the smash of acts aimed, supporters say, at lower automobile insurance rates. They range from limiting access to the courts for individuals claiming injuries to requiring lawyers who advertise to disclose their fees. The first day of the New Year is traditionally when many of the laws passed during the previous legislative session g...