Kentucky

KY COURTS: State courts hope to avoid layoffs, continue services with less money

Posted on April 05, 2008
Brandon Ortiz at the Herald Leader did an outstanding story updating the after-effects on the courts from the budget reductions. Herald Leader story follows, but click on the link for the entire story! State courts hope to avoid layoffs, continue services with less money Court officials are scrambling to make do with $55...

UK LAW: UK BLSA Trial Team Wins Regional Tournament

Posted on April 03, 2008
UK BLSA Trial Team Wins Regional Tournament Four students from the University of Kentucky College of Law Black Law Student Association (BLSA) won the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Southern Regional Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio. They will advance to compete in the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial National Competition held March 26-30 in Detroit, Mich...

CHASE LAW: Chase National Trial Team Semifinalists in AAJ Trial Advocacy Competition

Posted on April 02, 2008
Mar 20, 2008 - Congratulations to Chase National Trial Team members David Curlin, Kris Ellena, Tyler Fields, Patrick Healy, Lindsay Lawrence, Megan Mersch, Wil Schroder, and Ian Stegmaier, who advanced to the semifinal round of the AAJ Trial Advocacy Competition (Southern Region), ranking third after the preliminary rounds...

AOC: Kentucky Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments April 3 and 4 in Pikeville

Posted on April 02, 2008
Kentucky Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments April 3 and 4 in Pikeville Proceedings are open to the public and begin at 1:30 p.m. April 3, 2008.

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UofL LAW: Louisville's other U.S. Supreme Court Justice Remembered in Law School faculty blog

Posted on April 02, 2008
Brandeis was not the only Louisville native to grace the nation's highest judicial office. Kurt Metzmeier at the University of Louisville posts a historical piece on John McKinley was sat as an associate justice on SCOTUS from 1837 to 1852 and authored 21 opinions...

UofL LAW: University of Louisville Law Review Publication Decisions for 2008-09

Posted on April 02, 2008
University of Louisville Law Review Publication Decisions for 2008-09 The Law Review editorial body has reviewed a host of submissions for its upcoming edition. The final decisions have been made. Congratulations to the following people for being selected for publication in the Vol...

OP-Ed: Courier Journal and other news organizations have a strange way of making irrelevancies relevant in what is germane to the news.

Posted on April 02, 2008
Talk about your stories which get curiouser and curiouser. The Courier Journal recently had a story applauding the fact that a disclosure about a war hero's sexual orientation was not essential to the story and thus deleted it from the story. However, the decision not to mention the fact that the deceased soldier was gay then became a story in which it was disclosed...

FEDERAL COURTS: Baptist home funding suit tossed

Posted on April 02, 2008
Baptist home funding suit tossed Coureir Journal story. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against a Kentucky Baptist children's agency and the state yesterday -- eight years after plaintiffs sued, alleging the agency was using their tax dollars to promote its religious beliefs.

JUDICIAL ELECTIONS: Supreme Court hopefuls praised

Posted on April 02, 2008
Here is Jason Riley's story in the Courier-Journal regarding the recent Jefferson County Judicial poll conducted among the members of the Louisville Bar Association. Although the headline focuses on the Supreme Court race, please note that this race will not be on the May ballot...

COURTS: Expert witness says fen-phen defendant relied on colleague

Posted on April 02, 2008
In light of the state committee considering ethical changes to the class action and products liability litigation, the following story is of interest from the Herald Leader: Expert witness says fen-phen defendant relied on colleague William J. Gallion and two other lawyers relied heavily on the advice of famed trial lawyer Stan Chesley in the handling of a $200 million civil settlement with a diet drug manufacturer, according to an expert witness retained by Gallion...

COURTS: Ten Commandments' Display in Grayson County enjoined by federal judge

Posted on April 02, 2008
Grayson County display banned herald leader story A federal judge has permanently barred a Kentucky county from using the Ten Commandments as part of a "Foundations of American Law and Government" display. U.S. District Judge Joseph H. McKinley said the Grayson County display has the "effect of endorsing religion...

BLAWGS: Indiana Law Blog celebrates its FIFTH anniversary

Posted on April 02, 2008
Congratulations, kudos, and kindest regards to Marcia Oddi at the Indiana Law Blog for this milestone. Five years and still going strong. www.IndianaLawBlog.com The ILB is one of the nation's top blogs per www.Blawgsearch.com and has been rated consistently in the top ten for as long as I can remember...

UofL Law: Kudos for Milligan, Jones, Duncan and Arnold

Posted on April 01, 2008
On March 3, 2008, Professor Luke Milligan was a panelist at a symposium hosted by the University of Texas School of Law. The subject of the conference was "The Roberts Court and the Future of the Fourth Amendment." On March 11, Professor James T.R. Jones spoke on "Severe Mental Illness in the Academy: A Law Professor's Story" at the Gould School of Law of the University of Southern California...

COAKY Argument Calendar for April 2008

Posted on April 01, 2008
The Court of Appeals argument calendar for the month of April 2008 with cases names, counsel, issues, location, dates, and times is available by clicking here (located at AOC web site). Today in the Jefferson Judicial Center (April 1) are the following...

Minutes for Kentucky Court of Appeals for March 28, 2008 (COA)(2008:16)

Posted on April 01, 2008
Click here for PDF copy of Minutes posted at AOC with links to each published and non-published decision this week. For our copy of the minutes, click here. 22 rendered decisions - Numbered 389-410 9 published 389; 391; 393; 398; 399; 400; 401; 407; 408 Minutes List - all published and nonpublished decisions with links to the full text of the decision posted at AOC's web site plus orders regarding dismissals, extraordinary writs, discretionary review...

UofL Law: UCC Law Bloggers Credit Dean Chen with Getting Them Started

Posted on March 31, 2008
UCC Law Bloggers Credit Dean Chen with Getting Them Started A Business Associations Blog blog post notes that UCC Law bloggers Jennifer Martin, Kristen David Adams, Robyn Meadows, Marie Reilly, and Keith Rowley credit University of Louisville Dean Jim Chen with getting them started...

CRIMINAL: Man held on $1 million bond for $21 theft

Posted on March 31, 2008
Man held on $1 million bond for $21 theft A judge has ordered a Kentucky man charged with an 18-year-old theft of $21.64 to be held on a $1 million bond. FROM WAVE3

MEDICAL: Healthcare provider pleads guilty to Medicare fraud

Posted on March 31, 2008
Healthcare provider pleads guilty to Medicare fraud A Louisville-based healthcare company will pay more than $3 million in fines as part of a penalty for submitting false statements to Medicare. HealthEssentials Solutions will also allow the government to pursue a $117 million claim against the company after admitting it deliberately filed false billing statements to Medicare...

CRIMINAL: Appeal of Federal District Court Judge Bertlesman's ruling to confine the three lawyers pending their criminal trial is subject of story by Andrew Wolfson in Courier Journal today

Posted on March 31, 2008
From a 'non-legal' view of this story, one can't help but wonder that the reasons and length of time for the pre-trial confinement for these three lawyers is a tad extensive and what exactly changed to necessitate confinement pending their trial after a continuance was sought and granted...

Legislative actions on some measures of interst to lawyers for March 27, 2008

Posted on March 30, 2008
As the legislative session approaches its conclusion, there's a flurry of activity on bills pending and being acted upon. Rather than a separate post on each, I am just listing all of them relating to legal issues as culled from all actions based upon my search criteria given to www...

Legislative actions on some measures of interst to lawyers for March 26, 2008

Posted on March 30, 2008
As the legislative session ends, here's a flurry of activity on bills pending and being acted upon. Rather than a separate post on each, I am just listing all of them relating to legal issues as culled from all actions based upon my search criteria given to www...

Senate Bill 13 (Set up court recall provision for child witnesses)

Posted on March 30, 2008
Received in the House on February 14, 2008. Passed in the House (99 to 0) on March 26, 2008, to require a child victim or witness to be subject to being recalled to testify during a trial. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=272408

Senate Bill 188 (Allow electronic notification of temporary custody orders)

Posted on March 30, 2008
Introduced by Sen. Julie Denton on February 26, 2008. Passed in the Senate (38 to 0) on March 24, 2008, to permit use of electronic records from court clerks to citizen foster care review boards. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=272036

House Bill 708 (Update Uniform Commercial Code)

Posted on March 30, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Sannie Overly on March 3, 2008. Passed in the House (95 to 0) on March 20, 2008, to make certain technical corrections to the Uniform Commercial Code. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=271587

House Bill 685 (Determining paternity)

Posted on March 30, 2008
House Bill 685 (Determining paternity) Introduced by Rep. Darryl Owens on February 28, 2008. Passed in the House (95 to 1) on March 25, 2008, to permit determination of paternity when either parent of the child brings an action before the court under certain circumstances...

House Bill 408 (Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum)

Posted on March 30, 2008
House Bill 408 (Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum) Reported in the Senate on March 24, 2008, favorably, to Rules. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=58247 House Bill 408 (Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum) Substitute offered in the Senate on March 24, 2008, to increase funding to the Court of Justice and decrease salary increases to one percent...

House Bill 440 (Increase regulation of agreements between insurance companies and doctors)

Posted on March 30, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Bob M DeWeese on January 31, 2008. Passed in the House (97 to 0) on March 10, 2008, to tighten disclosure requirements on an insurance company who contracts with a certain medical professionals to provide healthcare services. http://www...

House Bill 197 (Ease restrictions on marriage)

Posted on March 30, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Milward Dedman, Jr on January 8, 2008. Passed in the House (98 to 0) on March 19, 2008, to repeal certain restrictions on people who are allowed to be married. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=271366

Senate Bill 226 (Car insurance for state police)

Posted on March 30, 2008
Introduced by Sen. Dan Kelly on March 4, 2008. Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on March 18, 2008, to direct the Department of Kentucky State Police to secure such automobile liability insurance and uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage as will reasonably protect the interests of the State Police or reimburse members of the State Police who purchase a rider on their personal motor vehicle insurance policy...

UofL Law: Securities Moot Court Team Reaches Semifinals

Posted on March 30, 2008
Securities Moot Court Team Reaches Semifinals Congratulations to Logan Sims and Logan Snyder, who reached the semifinals and were awarded third place for their appellate brief as participants in the 2008 Kaufman Securities Moot Court Law Competition in New York during the second week of March...

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