La. Stat. tit. 45 § 1454
Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
If the privilege granted herein is claimed and if, in a suit for damages for defamation, a legal defense of good faith has been asserted by a reporter or by a news media with respect to an issue upon which the reporter alleges to have obtained information from a confidential source, the burden of proof shall be on the reporter or news media to sustain this defense.
La. R.S. § 45:1454