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RESURRECTION OF A REAL RIGHT: Annuities with a Charge Also Inside: • Interstate Discovery Simplified • Are Medicare Set-Asides Legally Mandated in Personal Injury Settlements? • Book Review: Acadie LegierCo haystack NO Mag Aug09 8/12/09 4:37 PM Page 1 The Needle In A Haystack Ask how we can help you file BP Oil Spill Claims utilizing the latest court-supervised settlement methodology. Complex financial litigation cases often require the engagement of experts who can find “the needle in a haystack.” A substantial edge is gained when you have Legier & Company’s Forensic & Investigative CPA and Expert Witness Group on your team to help you find obscured financial facts that build and prove stronger cases. 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Ryan ..............................................426 Association Actions .............. 440 Practice Management........... 450 Resurrection of a Real Right: Annuities with a Charge By Tyler G. Storms .................................................................................................430 Lawyers Assistance .............. 451 Focus on Diversity ................ 452 Are Medicare Set-Asides Legally Mandated in Personal Injury Settlements? Puzzle ................................... 453 By Roger J. Larue ..................................................................................................434 Discipline Reports................. 454 Book Review Recent Developments .......... 458 Acadie, Then and Now: A People’s History by Warren Perrin, Mary Broussard Young Lawyers ..................... 479 Perrin and Phil Comeau Reviewed by W. Thomas Angers .............................................................................438 La. Center for Law and Civic Education ................... 481 LSBA Annual Report 2014 Judicial Notes ....................... 482 Follows page ..........................................................................................................456 People .................................. 484 Louisiana State Bar Association Annual Meeting & Joint LSBA / Louisiana News..................................... 488 Judicial College Summer School Classified .............................. 493 Registration and Program Information .................................................................444 The Last Word ...................... 496 LOUISIANA RISING Also Inside Member Services.................. 422 2014 Alcohol/Drug Abuse Hotline.. 453 LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION 2015 LSBA SOLACE ............................... 487 ANNUAL REPORT Annual Meeting Advertisers’ Index ................. 494 & ADR Directory Information.... 495 LSBA/LJC Summer School Supplement to the Louisiana Bar Journal Louisiana Bar Journal / 2014 Annual Report 1 June 7-12, 2015 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY! 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