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The Executive Director shall be authorized to approve or deny all Sponsorship requests
under $5,000. Approval or denial of sponsorship requests in the amount of $5,000 or
more shall be by the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association or its
designee. The Board of Governors shall adopt procedures for the prompt and efficient
approval of Sponsorship requests.

S. Vendor Agreements
Subject to the restrictions set forth below, the LSBA Board of Governors has granted
the Executive Director the authority, directly or through her staff, to investigate,
consider, negotiate, and execute agreements with vendors on behalf of the LSBA;
provided, however, that the Executive Director must seek the approval of the LSBA
Board of Governors before entering into material agreements of any kind with vendors.

For purposes of this section, the term “material” refers to any agreement which has any
one of the following characteristics: (i) the agreement involves a financial commitment
by the LSBA in excess of $75,000; (ii) fulfilling the terms of the agreement would
require a significant or ongoing commitment of staff time; (iii) the agreement contains
a term in excess of 12 months; (iv) the agreement contains an exclusivity or
noncompetition provision; (v) the agreement permits a vendor or other person to use
the trade names, trademarks, or logos of the LSBA or to otherwise hold itself as having
been endorsed by the LSBA; (vi) the agreement concerns a matter falling outside the
routine or day-to-day business operations of the LSBA; or (vii) the LSBA Board of
Governors has reserved its approval authority with respect to the subject matter of the
agreement.

The Executive Director shall have no authority to enter into agreements with vendors
in any of the following circumstances: (i) the agreement concerns a product or service
that is illegal, reflects poorly on the legal profession, or detracts from the fair
administration of justice; (ii) the agreement would violate any of the written policies of
the LSBA, including, without limitation, the conflict of interest policy; (iii) the
agreement would raise divisive or controversial social or political issues; or (iv) the
agreement is with a vendor who is the subject of public disrepute or a criminal
investigation.

Vendor Endorsements
The LSBA Board of Governors has established a policy that the LSBA will not endorse
vendors or otherwise permit vendors to hold themselves out as having been endorsed
by the LSBA except when a vendor offers a significant and unique benefit or service
to the members of the LSBA. The Executive Director has been granted the authority,
directly or through her staff, to investigate and negotiate endorsement agreements, but
the LSBA Board of Governors has reserved for itself the sole authority to approve such
agreements and has directed the Executive Director to investigate fully all proposed
endorsement agreements before presentation to the LSBA Board of Governors in order
to confirm that: (1) the benefits offered are significant and unique and otherwise
unavailable to members of the bar; (2) the vendor has an impeccable reputation; (3) the
endorsement agreement will not harm or diminish the reputation of the LSBA; and (4)

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