Kentucky

Is UK Basketball Coach Billy Clyde Gillispie on the way out? What would it cost?

Posted on March 12, 2009
  There is a great deal of unhappiness among UK fans over Coach Gillispie disappointing season.  The recent defeat by Georgia (which has the worst record in the SEC) may have been the final straw.   The SEC tournament which begins today, may be the only way Gillispie can restore some credibility and slow down calls for [...

Kentucky Banker Explains the Current Banking Crisis to LawReader-offers solutions

Posted on March 12, 2009
The Sub Prime Credit Crisis ? How we got there and how to get out.   By Ben L. Lykins   Everyone I know has an idea as to what caused the ?Sub-Prime Credit? problems and how to deal with the solutions and who is to blame. Almost everyone agrees that greed is the prime motivation that caused this [...

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS LIBEL CLAIM BY STRIKING TRUTH OF STATEMENT DEFENSE IN LIBEL CASE

Posted on March 07, 2009
  On Feb. 13th,  the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a Massachusetts law passed in 1902, which allows a defamation claim for a true statement made against a private individual if made with ?actual malice?.   This ruling is a dramatic departure from modern defamation law which has long held that ?truth is [...

Court of Appeals topics discussed this week

Posted on March 06, 2009
Ct. of Appeals topics discussed this week: Read the topics discussed by the Ky. Court of Appeals.  Subscribers can access the full keywords, synopsis and access the full text of all 39 decisions issued on Feb. 20th. LawReader subscribers can read the synopsis and full text of each case by going to:  COURT OF APPEALS DECISIONS FOR MARCH [...

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Judge hears arguments in public defenders case

Posted on March 06, 2009
FRANKFORT ? A Franklin Circuit Court judge will hear arguments Monday March 9th. on whether the state should have to give more money to the state?s public defenders who say they will be broke by April.  The legal fight between the Department of Public Advocacy and the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet and Treasurer Todd Hollenbach [...

U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether Due Process required a W. Virginia Judge to recuse from case re: coal company which donated $3 million to assist his election

Posted on March 05, 2009

Prosecutor Vindicated for helping defense when he thought Defendents were Innocent

Posted on March 05, 2009

U.S. Supreme Ct. grants certiorari to Ky. case regarding 11.42 rights

Posted on March 04, 2009

U.S. Supreme Court by 6-3 margin upholds right to sue drug makers even when drug approved by FDA

Posted on March 04, 2009

Dates and locations for KBA?s Ky. Law Update Seminars in your region

Posted on March 03, 2009

Panics and Recessions Have Come Before and Will Again

Posted on March 03, 2009

State Rep. Jim Gooch plans hearings on response to recent devastating storms

Posted on March 03, 2009

Attorney General Conway Announces Regional DUI Training

Posted on March 03, 2009

Kansas Governor, Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius, Nominee for Obama Cabinet, was raised in Cincinnati

Posted on March 02, 2009

KSP to crack down on aggressive drivers in five counties

Posted on March 01, 2009

Sandra Day O?Connor supports Non-partisan Missouri Plan for Selecting Judges

Posted on March 01, 2009

Is a Buddist subdivision development in works for Carroll County, Ky.?

Posted on February 27, 2009

Ct. of Appeals topics discussed this week:

Posted on February 27, 2009

Statement from Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. re. inquiry into bonding practices of AOC Court facilities construction program

Posted on February 26, 2009
February 26, 2009 The following statement by Chief Justice John Minton was released by AOC today: Kentucky Court of Justice to launch audit of court facilities construction program  ?In light of questions that have arisen regarding the court system’s bonding practices, today I authorized the Administrative Office of the Courts to conduct a comprehensive audit of the Kentucky [...

Wm. T. ?Bill? Robinson seeks American Bar Association Presidency

Posted on February 26, 2009
   Kentucky attorney Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III of Florence, Ky., UK Law School class of 1971, recently filed as a candidate for the presidency of the American Bar Association (ABA), which provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve [...

Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers will host the Annual 2009 Pro Bono Awards Luncheon on March 14

Posted on February 25, 2009
The Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers will host the Annual 2009 Pro Bono Awards Luncheon on March 14, 2009, from 11:45 AM ? 1:30 PM at Summit Hills Country Club in Crestview Hills, KY.   Speaker:  The Honorable Michelle M. Keller, Judge Kentucky Court of Appeals...

There may be 100 billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way - universe full of life may not be that far-fetched.

Posted on February 25, 2009
Galaxy may be full of ‘Earths,’ alien life   Astronomer: There may be 100 billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way If any of them have liquid water, they are likely to have some type of life, he says Analysis: Thousands of intelligent civilizations may have emerged in the Milky Way NASA’s Kepler mission to search for habitable planets [...

White House launches web site detailing where stimulus money is going

Posted on February 25, 2009
Recovery.gov is a website that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going. There are going to be a few different ways to search for information. The money is being distributed by Federal agencies, and soon you’ll be able to see where it’s going — [...

Stan Chesley drops bomb on fen phen lawyers

Posted on February 25, 2009
During questioning by the government in the trial of William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham,  Class action expert Stan Chesley was shown a breakdown of expenses taken from one of the fen phen claimants  settlement.  Chesley was paid some $20 million in fees after he was hired by the original attorneys to negotiate a $200 million [...

Justices Rule Sect Cannot Force Placing of Monument ? Justice Alito: ?First Amendment regulates private speech, not government speech.?

Posted on February 25, 2009
         February 25, 2009   WASHINGTON ? The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday, in one of the most closely watched free speech decisions in years, that a tiny religious sect could not force a Utah city to let it erect a monument to its faith in a public park...

Garlan VanHook resigns as head of Kentucky?s court facilities program

Posted on February 25, 2009
      FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 25, 2009 — Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. announced today that Garlan VanHook has resigned as executive officer of the Department of Facilities for the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. VanHook, an architect, is leaving the court system to return to private practice with VanHook Architectural Services in [...

County Attorney Alan George is just plain wrong on SB5 effect.

Posted on February 24, 2009
Alan George of the Kentucky County Attorneys Association is wrong to state that Senate Bill 5 would not apply to marijuana (?Help keep drug-impaired drivers off roads,? Feb. 23 ? Herald Leader).   Kentucky law unequivocally allows police to test a person’s blood for marijuana if there is reasonable suspicion to believe they are driving under the influence...

Liberals Use Supreme Court Gun Case to Bolster Other Rights and Impose Bill of Rights on the States

Posted on February 24, 2009
Liberals Use Supreme Court Gun Case to Bolster Other Rights and Impose Bill of Rights on the States   Legal Times Tony Mauro February 24, 2009   The Supreme Court’s 2008 ruling in D.C. v. Heller was a constitutional earthquake, breathing life into the Second Amendment as a guarantee of an individual right to bear arms...

LawReader agrees with Justice Scalia?.New public corruption law is unfair and vague

Posted on February 24, 2009
  Scalia Urges Court to Take on ?Chaos? Spawned by Corruption Law By Debra Cassens Weiss-  ABA Journal     Feb. 24, 2009 The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal yesterday by three former Chicago city officials convicted on corruption charges, and Justice Antonin Scalia wasn?t pleased...

U.S. Supreme Court upholds ban on gun possession for Domestic Violence offenders

Posted on February 24, 2009
  David G. Savage ? L.A. Tribune Washington Bureau -  February 24, 2009   The Supreme Court today upheld a broad federal gun control law which strips gun rights from the many thousands of people who have been convicted of any domestic-violence crime...

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