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Most business owners in Louisiana don’t wake up thinking about cybersecurity laws Louisiana business, until a data breach or compliance audit forces them to. But in reality, many businesses in New Orleans, Jefferson Parish,

What New Orleans-Area Businesses Need to Know If your website is based in the United States, you might assume European data privacy laws don’t apply to you. But if you’re collecting any personal data from users in the...

Businesses of all sizes, from bustling startups in New Orleans to established firms in Jefferson Parish and St. Tammany Parish, collect and store sensitive customer data. This information can range from names and email...

A Smarter, More Connected Future for Legal Representation — Rooted in New Orleans Bloom Legal, a trusted New Orleans law firm, was founded just before Hurricane Katrina — and in the aftermath of that historic disaster, it

Explore the critical importance of cybersecurity and data privacy in Louisiana. Learn about legal requirements and risks to your business.

Bloom Legal Network and PaperStreet are delighted to announce that we have won a 2015 Gold Excellence Communicator Award for the Bloom Legal Network website. This is an amazing honor and we are proud to be a Gold Excellence

This week we are launching what we hope will be one of many successful and engaging video blogs to help answer general legal questions from the public! For our first installment, Criminal Defense Attorney, Seth Bloom, of...

As news emerged last night that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a raid on a Pakistani compound by US Special Forces, an interesting story emerged of a man who live-blogged the raid without knowing what he was doing....

In a story that has garnered considerable attention today, Leon Walker, a man from the suburbs of Detroit, is being charged by prosecutors for accessing his wife’s e-mail account and reading her e-mails. Prosecutors in

Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, was arrested yesterday in London in conjunction with an international warrant that was issued by the Swedish government on charges of sexual assault. Assange is facing one count of unlawful

This week, state police set up a mock accident in which one teen driver was texting while driving and ran into another. In order to give a strong message to the people of Louisiana about the new law prohibiting texting while

A law that was passed by the Louisiana State Legislature takes effect this Sunday that will make text messaging while driving a primary offense. Prior to this weekend, police were able to cite drivers for text messaging...

A recent article about a talk given by Virginia lawyer, Courtney Van Winkle, raised some interesting issues about how social media have come and will continue to influence matters in court and during trials. In the realm of...

Today, a bill creating the crime of “cyberbullying” passed through legislation, and is now waiting for final approval from Governor Jindal. The new bill stipulates the way threats and harassment are to be treated when...

The Senate Committeee on Judiciary C sent a message to adults who bully children on the Internet when they advanced House Bill 1259 today that offers greater punishment for adults that bully children on the world wide web....

On Friday, disgruntled Blockbuster customer enyaWeCurB posted a story of dissatisfaction with Blockbuster Videos, complete with giving the phone number of BB’s local Sherman Oaks branch store, for those who wish to let

Today, Security Evaluators is telling everyone how the IPhone can be hacked because they’ve done it.  Seems all your personal information can be accessed through the IPhone’s Safari web browser, letting the...

TMZ.COM reports that it has “obtained” a copy of OJ’s manuscript “If I Did It,” and follows that up with an excerpt from the document — a purported description of the murder itself.  OJ...