Kentucky

Links to all new laws passed by 2008 session

Posted on April 26, 2008
The following laws were adopted by the 2008 Session of the General Assembly.   Click the bill number to read synopsis of bill.  An internal link posted on each bill allows you to read the entire bill.   LRC reports the following bills have been Enrolled, Delivered to Governor and await approval or veto: SB 2, 16, 58, 64, 75, [...

Joseph E. Lambert stepping down as Chief Justice of Kentucky June 27th.

Posted on April 24, 2008
FRANKFORT, Ky., April 24, 2008 — After a decade as chief justice and nearly 22 years as a justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky, Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert has decided to leave the court and join the Senior Judge Program. His resignation will be effective June 27, 2008...

Governor Beshear Appoints Members to Prosecutors Advisory Council

Posted on April 24, 2008
   APRIL 24, 2008 FRANKFORT, KY (April 24, 2008) ? Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed the following members to the Prosecutors Advisory Council to serve at the pleasure of the governor:                      Christopher T. Cohron, of Bowling Green, is the commonwealth?s attorney for Warren County in the 8th Judicial Circuit...

Governor signs new Criminal Justice Initiatives into Law

Posted on April 24, 2008
   April 24, 2008 Significant laws relating to Kentucky?s criminal justice system were passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Steve Beshear, including initiatives to curb the rising costs of incarceration and improve the safety of law enforcement officers...

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Presidents who were lawyers?

Posted on April 24, 2008
Presidents’ Occupations 43.9% (18 out of 41) have been Lawyers! President Major Jobs Before the Presidency Jobs After the Presidency 1 George Washington surveyor, planter, general of the Army of the United Colonies planter, lieutenant-general of all the U...

See all bills passed or vetoed from 2008 Legislative Session

Posted on April 24, 2008
The following laws were adopted by the 2008 Session of the General Assembly.   Click the bill number to read synopsis of bill.  An internal link posted on each bill allows you to read the entire bill.   LRC reports the following bills have been Enrolled, Delivered to Governor and await approval or veto: SB 2, 16, 58, 64, 75, [...

See all bills passed and vetoed from 2008 Session.

Posted on April 24, 2008
The following laws were adopted by the 2008 Session of the General Assembly.   Click the bill number to read synopsis of bill.  An internal link posted on each bill allows you to read the entire bill.   LRC reports the following bills have been Enrolled, Delivered to Governor and await approval or veto: SB 2, 16, 58, 64, 75, [...

Supreme Court hears arguments to allow some age discrimination in employment

Posted on April 24, 2008
  By LINDA GREENHOUSE N.Y. Times April 24, 2008   WASHINGTON ? It is not necessarily unlawful for an employer to adopt policies that put older workers at a disadvantage. Such policies pass muster under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act as long as they are based on ?reasonable factors other than age...

U.S. Supreme Court appears to support Whipping Post and Branding with a Hot Iron?

Posted on April 23, 2008
-Could Alabama bring back the whipping post or brand the skin of a thief with a scarlet T- Doug Kendall The Huffington Post  April 23, 2008) Could Alabama bring back the whipping post or brand the skin of a thief with a scarlet T, and not run afoul of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual [...

Judge Kathleen Montano left a trial of accomplishments during her short life.

Posted on April 23, 2008
  She was a popular and respected Judge and she will be missed.  Her funeral will be this Friday. Visitation at 2-8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Pearson-Ratterman Funeral Home, 12900 Shelbyville Rd. in Middletown, KY   MONTANO, KATHLEEN VOOR, 46, of Louisville, passed away Monday, April 21, 2008 at Baptist East Hospital...

Supreme Court will hear campaign finance law that give millionaires an advantage

Posted on April 23, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) ? The US Supreme Court Tuesday began deliberations on an amendment to campaign finance laws aimed at easing the rules for Congress hopefuls who run against millionaire candidates. Under US law, individual donors are limited as to how much they can contribute to one or more candidates...

Microsoft Vista Update Wreaks Havoc

Posted on April 21, 2008
Are you a Windows Vista user? If so, have you been experiencing some problems with some of your USB devices within the last couple of days? Perhaps your keyboard and mouse just stopped working or maybe you’re having trouble with some of your other devices...

Ohio Supreme Court justices rule on wording of charges

Posted on April 21, 2008
By ERICA BLAKE BLADE STAFF WRITER Just before he was sentenced for his role in the robberies of pizza deliverymen, James Bryant was arraigned again on two counts of robbery - for the same crimes and with the same facts, but with different language in the indictment...

Legislature illegally passed several laws after expiration of the 2008 Session in violation of the Constitution.

Posted on April 20, 2008
-Courts have voided such acts. There may be a Penal Code violation.- By LawReader Senior Editor Stan Billingsley                           April 20,2008   In the last minutes of the 2008 session of the Ky. General Assembly, the clocks on the wall of the Ky...

Study Shows State Courts Vacating Many Arbitration Awards for Employees, but Not for Employers

Posted on April 19, 2008
Marcia Coyle The National Law Journal April 21, 2008  As consumer, employee and other groups carefully build momentum in Congress for changes in the nation’s arbitration landscape and business groups just as carefully organize their opposition, a new empirical study reports a “disturbing trend” at the state level: state courts vacating many arbitration awards for employees, [...

Va. Court Rejects Drug Searches based on Vague Suspicions

Posted on April 19, 2008
Police Acted on Vague Suspicions  By Tom Jackman Washington Post, April 19, 2008; Page B01   The Virginia Supreme Court reined in police searches yesterday, overturning convictions in two 2005 drug cases in which the court said police had conducted searches based on vague suspicions...

Judge Approves Settlement in AIK Comp Case

Posted on April 18, 2008
FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 18, 2008) ? A settlement agreement including a $5 million payment on behalf of former officers and trustees of AIK Comp has been approved by Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Wingate.      The order was entered on April 17, approving a settlement agreement with Philadelphia Insurance Company to pay the money, the [...

UK President Todd discusses hardships caused by 2008 state budget

Posted on April 18, 2008
Dear Alumni and Friends: The 2008 Session of the Kentucky General Assembly adjourned Tuesday, April 15. I am very appreciative of the commitment to higher education demonstrated by state legislators in their budget agreement. Confronted with an extremely challenging economy and abundant needs across the state, our legislature and its leaders worked hard to shield higher [...

Chief Justice considering raising filing fees $50 to offset budget cuts

Posted on April 18, 2008
Jude Steve Horner reports in his weekly LawReader column that Mark Hebert of WHAS11-TV reported recently that Chief Justice Joseph Lambert is expected to recommend an increase in filing fees of $50 for circuit court civil cases, $25 for district court civil cases and $26 for wage garnishment filings...

Vacancy for Adm. Law Judge - Applications being taken

Posted on April 16, 2008
Administrative Law Judge Kentucky Office of Workers Claims The Workers Compensation Nominating Commission is now accepting resumes for positions as Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the Kentucky Office of Workers Claims.  These are full-time positions and appointees shall not hold any other public office or maintain any private practice...

Legislature ends. 150 out of 1000 bills passed, see summary

Posted on April 16, 2008
  FRANKFORT — State lawmakers have adjourned “sine die,” bringing the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2008 session to a close.    Over the course of this year’s 60-day legislative session, lawmakers considered more than 1,000 bills...

Governor allows increased Legislature Budget to become law without his signature

Posted on April 16, 2008
While cutting all other branches of Governor the Legislature increased their own budget by $10 million.  The Governor registered a silent protest by allowing the bill to become law by laying on his desk for ten days without his signature. HB 407,  AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch [...

Cunningham and Holton appointed to Jefferson Court seats.

Posted on April 16, 2008
Gov. Steve Beshear yesterday filled two vacancies in the Jefferson County court system.  The Governor appointed David L. Holton II to fill the District Court vacancy created by the move of Judge Audra Jean Eckerle to Circuit Court. The Gov. also appointed Charles L...

Supreme Court rules in tax cases - taxation of out of state companies, taxpayer seeking refund

Posted on April 15, 2008
APRIL 15, 2008    [JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down decisions in two tax cases Tuesday, including MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Department of Revenue [LII case backgrounder; JURIST report], where the Court overturned an Illinois state court decision allowing the state to tax a portion of the $1 billion capital gain [...

Lawsuit advances theory that Legislature must appropriate adequate funds for Judicial Branch

Posted on April 11, 2008
  By Jasmes Odato Capitol bureau  Times Union - New York Friday, April 11, 2008   ALBANY — In her final months on the bench, Court of Appeals Chief Judge Judith Kaye will be fighting in the courts for more money. Living up to her threat of litigation if the state budget didn’t include judicial pay raises, the state’s top [...

Scientists lower the speed of light down to a walk

Posted on April 10, 2008
   Introduction by S.W. Billingsley, Billingsley Aerospace One of my old friends from Wyoming (Marlan Scully) told me about using Lasers ( he wrote the textbooks on laser physics), they have been able to slow the speed of light to 40 or so MPH ! . At  first I thought he was kidding but see the attachment below...

CURRENT KENTUCKY PRESIDENTIAL POLL- April 7th.

Posted on April 09, 2008
A new Kentucky poll shows New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton with a substantial early lead over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in the state’s May 20 Democratic presidential primary election, 56 percent to 25 percent. The survey, conducted by Lexington-based marketing and research firm Preston-Osborne, also shows that the 600 “frequent voters” who participated in the [...

2008 Session of General Assembly Angers Public

Posted on April 09, 2008
By LawReader Editorial by Senior Editor Stan Billingsley            April 9, 2008 The LawReader poll pretty well sums up the public?s reaction to the work product of the 2008 Session of the General Assembly.  83% of poll respondents ranked this session BELOW AVERAGE, 10% ranked the session AVERAGE, and only 7% rank the session as ABOVE AVERAGE...

Attorneys in Mississippi Class Action Cases Plead Guilty

Posted on April 09, 2008
  The guilty pleas of three trial lawyers signal a need for balanced tort reform. Wednesday, April 9, 2008; A18 AT ONE TIME, William S. Lerach, Melvyn I. Weiss and Richard F. Scruggs would have been described as three of the nation’s most feared and successful trial lawyers...

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Posted on April 08, 2008
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