Legal & Regulatory
To bring jobs and opportunity back to Louisiana, the state needs to ensure a friendly, fair, and legally consistent legal and regulatory environment. Louisiana’s history of litigation abuse and government red tape continues to stifle opportunities for job seekers and working families to find good-paying jobs as businesses flee Louisiana for states with fairer, more predictable policies. Louisiana’s burdensome regulations and state government overreach only hinders our ability to create quality jobs for hard-working Louisiana families. Regulatory reform that limit strict government oversight is necessary to prevent jobs and opportunity from fleeing Louisiana to neighboring states currently experiencing economic booms.
Policy Reports
March 27, 2025
New Report: Deregulate Louisiana to Drive Opportunity and Economic Growth
Louisianans face multiple legal and regulatory barriers to starting and running a business and [...]
Read moreMarch 20, 2024
Consumer-Focused Property Insurance Reform: Lessons Learned from Florida
After a series of storms devastated Louisiana in 2020 and 2021, many insurance providers fled the [...]
Read moreCenter for Justice, Center for Opportunity Policy, Center for Technology & Innovation Policy, Education, Legal & Regulatory, Tax & Budget
March 22, 2023
Louisiana’s Comeback Agenda
It’s time to write Louisiana’s comeback story. For too long, poor public policy decisions have [...]
Read moreApril 28, 2022
The Proposed Freeport McMoran Settlement: Ineffective by Design
The proposed settlement is heralded by some as a major victory, supposedly securing $100 million [...]
Read moreMarch 3, 2022
A Principled Pathway to a Model Louisiana Constitution
Constitutional reform in Louisiana can provide a pathway to a state government that fosters [...]
Read moreDecember 7, 2021
Environmental Credits: Do They Live Up To Their Promises?
Over the last decade, coastal Louisiana parishes have filed a total of 42 lawsuits against more [...]
Read moreNovember 2, 2021
The Proper Role For States In Antitrust Lawsuits
As courts, Congress, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission consider [...]
Read moreApril 27, 2021
Memo: Information about the Freeport/Mosaic Settlement Agreement
Background about the settlement agreement Over the last decade, coastal Louisiana parishes have [...]
Read moreSeptember 5, 2020
Improving Louisiana’s Business Climate
Louisiana’s business climate consistently ranks among the worst in the nation. The state’s heavy [...]
Read moreSeptember 5, 2020
Reforming the Legal & Regulatory System in Louisiana
Louisiana’s current legal and regulatory environment stifles opportunities for job seekers [...]
Read moreSeptember 5, 2020
The Cost of Lawsuit Abuse: An Economic Analysis of Louisiana’s Coastal Litigation
Louisiana has a serious litigation problem when it comes to the state’s economic growth. [...]
Read moreNews & Media
April 21, 2025
Legal Reform Legislative Update: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Insurance and legal reform dominated discussion at the Capitol throughout week one of the 2025 [...]
Read moreApril 4, 2025
Pelican Institute Statement in Response to the Verdict in Plaquemines Coastal Lawsuit Case
New Orleans, LA—The Pelican Institute for Public Policy released the following statement on behalf [...]
Read moreOctober 21, 2024
New Report Gives Louisiana a “C” for its Worker and Taxpayer Protection Laws
Louisiana all too often finds itself at the bottom of all the good lists, and at the top of the bad [...]
Read moreAugust 15, 2024
2024 Legislative Update CLE/CPE Series
Calling all Louisiana lawyers and CPAs! It’s time for Pelican Institute’s annual Legislative Update [...]
Read moreJuly 26, 2024
The Texas Supreme Court recently handed a significant victory to taxpayers, and Louisiana lawmakers should take note.
In Borgelt v. City of Austin, the Goldwater Institute and the Texas Public Policy Foundation joined [...]
Read moreJune 13, 2024
Integrated Resource Plans: Planning for Louisiana’s (and Your) Electricity Future
Highlights Like most states, Louisiana’s electricity utilities operate as monopolies, meaning [...]
Read moreMay 6, 2024
Louisiana’s Legislative Leap: Unleashing Economic Potential Through Strategic Reforms
As the Louisiana Legislature advances, it is crucial to recognize that several transformative [...]
Read moreMay 2, 2024
Demystifying HB 800: A Closer Look at Louisiana’s Call for a Groundbreaking Constitutional Convention
HB 800 by Rep. Beau Beaullieu is the most talked-about, and most misunderstood, bill of the 2024 [...]
Read moreApril 23, 2024
A Common-Sense Constitution
Common-sense is too often in short supply in politics. The entrenched special interests digging in [...]
Read moreApril 3, 2024
FACT-Government Union Reforms Empower Workers, Not Union Executives
FACT-Government Union Reforms Empower Workers, Not Union Executives This spring, the Louisiana [...]
Read moreJanuary 15, 2024
Unveiling the Louisiana Public Service Commission: Enhancing Electricity Affordability and Reliability
Is your electricity bill becoming a burden? Look no further than the Louisiana Public Service [...]
Read moreNovember 30, 2023
Reform before the Storms: Can Louisiana’s New State Leaders Fix the Homeowners Insurance Crisis?
While crime took center stage throughout the 2023 campaign cycle, the availability and rising cost [...]
Read moreOctober 23, 2023
Expanding Options Within Louisiana’s Electricity Market: Could Lower Electricity Bills Be on the Way?
Louisiana has struggled to keep people and businesses from leaving the state. Between July 2021 and [...]
Read moreSeptember 13, 2023
Union Contracts Trample Louisiana Public School Teachers’ and Employees’ Rights
Baton Rouge, Louisiana – The United States and Louisiana Constitutions guarantee religious and [...]
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August 23, 2023
Candidate Questionnaire 2023
Does your candidate support jobs and opportunities in Louisiana? Election Day 2023 is fast [...]
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