Kentucky

Agencies Reduce Security Vulnerabilities Under The Trusted Internet Connection Initiative
News release: "Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative Statement of Capability...

Arbitration news roundup
Last week was quite a week for arbitration. Here was all the arbitration news that popped up here on Caveat Emptor: Mandatory binding arbitration sucks (say 81% of Americans). Taking a look at the U...

Eleventh Circuit: Arbitration Act Does Not Encompass Mediation
According to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, mediation does not constitute arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) because there is no adjudication by an independent third party...

Tennessee Arbitration Agreements
Next month I will be flying to New York with my client and two witnesses to arbitrate a case that occurred in Tennessee. We have to argue this case out of state and pay thousands of dollars to a private arbitrator chosen by the company that injured my client...

Binding Labor Arbitration Different Than Other Forms of ADR
Last week, the Times-Herald ran an article, Nearly 10,000 signed petition to end binding arbitration, on an effort by Vallejo residents to end the use of arbitration for disputes involving the city and its unionized employees...

Arbitration: "Be Careful What You Wish For"
Not long ago arbitration was one of the darlings of the anti-court, anti-lawyer crowd. Courts and lawyers cheated poor people and arbitration was a solution. Now mandatory arbitration clauses are common in consumer industries and there is a bill pending...

HIV Funds
Dallas Independent School District pays $336,000 settlement for misappropriated program funds.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.

Nursing Homes
Many state agencies have reported incidents of negligent care of nursing home residents resulting in death.