An amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure Article 42(4) in its relation to venue rules has been updated. Signed by the governor May 14 and effective this August 1st, HB 462 provides that a foreign corporation or foreign limited liability company licensed to do business in this state shall be brought in the parish where it is located as designated in its application to do business in the state, or, if no such designation is made, then in the parish where its primary place of business in the state is located.
http://legis.la.gov/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=802153
Louisiana – Amendment to Code of Civil Procedure Article 42(4)