ISSUE: MARCH/APRIL 2026 (Vol. 9, No. 2)
Letter from the President:
Come to Belly Up! by Loren Shanklin Fleshman
Message to Young Lawyers:
It’s Back: Belly-Up with the Bar Returns! by C. Troy Hall
Letter from the Editor
Raise the Bar: Judges' Good Eats in Baton Rouge
Is That Jambalaya Safe? Legal and safety
considerations for food sales and consumption at
Louisiana festivals
by Jason B. Thrower
IRS Guidance on “No Tax on Tips” & “Not Tax on
Overtime”
by Philip Giorlando
An Interview with Belly Up with the Bar Chair Chris
Vidrine
A New Chapter at the First Circuit: An Interview
with the Court’s Newest Judges
by Kathryn Dufrene
Spoliation of Evidence in Louisiana, Texas and
Federal Courts
by Francie Trimble
Foundation Footnotes
Gail's Grammar by Gail S. Stephenson