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LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Antitrust Avoidance Statement
The exchange of ideas concerning the legal profession is essential for the Association to fulfill
its legitimate purposes. There are, however, subjects which are not proper for discussion, either
directly or indirectly, during meetings of the members of the Association and its committees.
To ensure that the Association and its members comply with antitrust laws, neither the
Association nor any committee, section or activity of the Association shall be used to bring
about or attempt to bring about any understanding or agreement prohibited by the antitrust
laws.

Prohibited activities include:
1. Agreeing to fix or maintain fee schedules, hourly rates, contingency fee structures,
discounts, credit terms, and incentives;
2. Meetings or conversations during which future or current fee schedules, hourly
rates, contingency fee structures, discounts, credit terms, and incentives are
discussed directly or indirectly;
3. Exchanging information about the future or current fee schedules, hourly rates,
contingency fee structures, discounts, credit terms, and incentives to be charged or
offered for legal services;
4. Agreeing to withhold patronage or services from any supplier or purchaser or group
of suppliers or purchasers of products or services, any actual or potential competitor
or group of actual or potential competitors, or any private or government entity;
5. Agreeing to allocate markets, practice areas, clients, or to classify certain clients as
being entitled to preferential treatment;
6. Restricting, limiting, prohibiting or sanctioning advertising or solicitation that is
not false, misleading, deceptive, or directly competitive with Association products
or services.

The activities described above are prohibited, whether they occur in a formal meeting, in an
informal session, during discussions on the golf course, in a hospitality suite, a restaurant or
elsewhere. Further, these activities represent only a general statement of the types of activities
and discussions which must be avoided between members of the Association. The advice of
counsel should be sought whenever a question arises as to whether a matter is one which may
be properly discussed at a meeting.

Acknowledged by the Board of Governors
June 7, 2024

Patrick A. Talley, Jr. Edward J. Walters, Jr.

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