Kentucky

Playing a little catchup here with some law-related stories from Louisville and the around Kentucky.

• Public defenders get $2 million to avoid shutdown @ Bluegrass Politics Blog
• Supreme Court approves revisions to attorney code @ Bluegrass Politics Blog
• Legal action possible over doctors' hiring
  
  From Courier Journal - The controversy over Norton Healthcare's hiring of eight University of Louisville faculty neurosurgeons could be headed for a courtroom.
• Chief Justice Roberts reveals philosophies, humorU
  
  From Courier Journal - U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts was mildly critical of the U.S. Senate today, saying during a discussion at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center that he wishes its members would not doggedly pursue Supreme Court nominees about their positions on hot-button issues.
• Lists to name parents behind in support payments
  
  From Courier Journal - In addition to the $25,000 advertisement in the newspaper, with the names of 616 parents who owe at least $10,000 in child support, the office will run another 2,590 names online ? for a total of 3,206 people ? including at least 100 women ? owing more than $97 million.
• Appeals court denies access to New case file
  
  From Courier Journal - In an order entered last week, the appeals court ruled that Cecil New II's right to a fair trial, especially because it is a high-profile death penalty case, overrides the newspaper's First Amendment right to public access of the evidence.
• Parents sue school system over son's suicide
  
  From Courier Journal - Parents of a high school student who killed himself last fall are blaming the district and its superintendent, claiming the schools chief's threats over a missing master key to the school tormented the boy into taking his life.
• Crime in black communities explored from Courier Journal