ABA Journal

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The tornadoes that devastated Kentucky on Friday damaged a courthouse and lawyers’ offices and took the life of a judge. Law.com has a story…

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JURIST

AUGUST 23, 2021

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled unanimously Saturday that a temporary injunction blocking new laws limiting Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s emergency powers was improper, and it remanded the case with instructions to dissolve the injunction.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The post Kentucky Judge Indefinitely Suspended For Not Responding On Time appeared first on Above the Law. Here's a reminder to stay on top of your dates.

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Above The Law

APRIL 23, 2025

Join us for the MothersEsquire Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 8th & 9th, 2025, for an inspiring, empowering event designed to support women who are navigating the challenges of both motherhood and the legal profession. Key Highlights: Inspiring keynote speeches from leading figures in law and advocacy.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 4, 2021

“Court Shrugs Off Appeal of Withdrawn Kentucky Ban on Gatherings”: Rob Tricchinelli of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 29, 2021

” So concludes a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 16, 2022

Kentucky lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase criminal penalties for fentanyl distribution, but critics say the legislation will only result in people being locked up for longer amounts of time and doesn’t include any measures to address the state’s overdose crisis, reports LEO Weekly.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2022

Kentucky lawmakers in the state’s General Assembly recently passed a bill this session to provide alternative sentences for those suffering from some mental health disorders, reports FOX65. The law calls for at least 10 behavioral health conditional release pilot programs. No DUI or violent offenses will be considered.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2021

A group of “concerned Kentucky citizens,” including three grand jurors from Breonna Taylor’s case, announced a petition to impeach special prosecutor and state Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Friday. Cameron’s impeachment is the third in the Kentucky state legislature this year.

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Law 360

APRIL 16, 2025

Jones Walker LLP has expanded its reach into the Kentucky market by adding a former Dinsmore & Shohl LLP equine, racing and gaming law attorney to its corporate practice group, the firm has announced.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Kentucky is also considered a “no-fault” state when it comes to car insurance laws.

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Above The Law

APRIL 17, 2025

The theme of the MothersEsquire National Conference , which will be held next month in Louisville, Kentucky, is We Belong. More than half of law school students in the U.S. The post Easy Steps For Keeping Moms In The Legal Profession appeared first on Above the Law.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 15, 2021

Arizonans currently are shielded from creditors on the first $150,000 of equity in homes they own and live in, thanks to a special provision in state law that’s designed to keep people from being thrown out on the streets. As laws change (they do all the time) your rights also change. – Diane L.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 13, 2023

The lawsuit contends that a recently-enacted Kentucky law providing for the incorporation of at least two charter schools would illegally divert resources away from public school districts.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The parents of the students sued Griffin and Chandrasekhar separately in the Eastern District of Kentucky, alleging civil harassment, harassing communications, menacing, terroristic threats and common law invasion of privacy. The district court dismissed both complaints without prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 4, 2022

Kentucky has a law against “harassing communications.” This is when someone uses written, telephone, or digital communications to intimidate, harass, annoy, or alarm another person.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Authorities allege that Google’s collection of location information violated the participating states’ consumer protection laws because “ Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings, when, in fact, Google continued to collect their location information.”

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ABA Journal

JUNE 21, 2023

As Michelle Browning Coughlin, of counsel at ND Galli Law in Louisville, Kentucky, was raising her two daughters, she wanted her kids to understand what…

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A Kentucky lawyer who says he is working as a paralegal at the law firm carrying his name claims to be retired, rather than suspended,…

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SquirePattonBoggs

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Readers of this blog may be interested in an event that the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky chapter of the Federal Bar Association is hosting on Tuesday, December 6th from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Registration is free for FBA members, judges, law clerks, and court staff. at the Taft Center in Cincinnati (425 Walnut St., 2nd floor of U.S.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

Kentucky has launched a plan to recruit active military personnel as police officers during the final 180 days of service. Andy Beshear says the Military to Law Enforcement Program will address the critical police shortage in the state, reports WKYT in Lexington, Ky.

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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2021

Hassaid to consider a California agricultural union organizing law. ” Under California law, agricultural businesses must allow labor organizations onto their property up to three times a day over a 30-day period, up to 120 days per year. The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Cedar Point Nursery v.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The group comes from a broad range of states across the country, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont. They will examine whether the company violated state consumer protection laws by putting the public at risk.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The release of Quintez Brown, 21, after trying to murder a Kentucky mayoral candidate is simply baffling. In Kentucky, all offenses, except some capital offenses, have a right to bail. He was bailed out with the help of the Louisville Community Bail Fund, which is reportedly part of Black Lives Matter Louisville.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 20, 2022

“Is Yale Law School Turning Over A New Leaf? The post “Is Yale Law School Turning Over A New Leaf? Judges James Ho and Lisa Branch are heading to YLS — at the invitation of Dean Heather Gerken!” ” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

NY law aims to curb nitrous oxide use in young adults. PoliticsNY ] * Two prisoners who have served decades for violent crimes may be up for parole after Ohio passed this law. Dayton Daily News ] * Kentucky man basically commits to future bar association violations because he owns a building. for now. [ Whip it bad! :

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Recently, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Senator Dianne Feinstein of California prompted concerns about their health, causing some to question if they were fit to serve in Congress. Newman’s suspension comes amidst growing calls for term limits for aging judges and members of Congress.

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Above The Law

APRIL 14, 2022

Kentucky just attacked Roe in a big way. They were probably doing that before the law but progress is progress. [ appeared first on Above the Law. >* The DOJ helping to keep lower-wage conspiracies at bay? Yeah, that sounds good. [ Colorado makes cycling a little safer by allowing bikers to make rolling stops.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Kentucky can recover $870 million from an online poker platform to recoup Kentuckians’ losses and whether federal approval of Roundup can protect Monsanto from violations under California law. Kentucky, ex rel.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 13, 2022

The Senate bill would expand background checks for gun buyers under 21 and encourage states to enact so-called red-flag laws, which allow guns to be confiscated from individuals likely to cause harm to others or themselves. It will be the most significant gun safety legislation passed in Congress in years if it becomes law.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

But when it comes to arresting students for so-called “disruption” — the most subjective of all school-based offenses, which can entail protests and even the filming of misbehaving school police officers — officers’ outsize power is potentially unconstitutional, argue the authors of a paper published in the Lewis & Clark Law Review.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“The wrong way to combat cancel culture”: Online at The Hill, law professor Steven Lubet has an essay that begins, “Judge James Ho created quite a stir when he delivered the keynote address at a Federalist Society conference last month in Kentucky.”

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

“Gender-Affirming Care Ruling Could Force Supreme Court Reckoning”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report. ” The post “Gender-Affirming Care Ruling Could Force Supreme Court Reckoning” appeared first on How Appealing.

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SquirePattonBoggs

MARCH 1, 2021

The Kentucky Billboard Act requires a permit for billboards that advertise off-site activities—but no permit is required for on-site billboard advertising. The court rejected Kentucky’s argument that only intermediate scrutiny for commercial speech was appropriate. appeared first on Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog.

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Law 360

APRIL 15, 2025

A Seventh Circuit judge on Tuesday pushed a National Labor Relations Board attorney to address why it was a violation of federal labor law for Amazon to tell employees that it can make exceptions to a policy limiting their off-duty access to a Kentucky facility at any time, "when the legal right exists whether the workers are told or not."

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Patently O

JANUARY 2, 2023

Over the past several terms, patent law legislation and USPTO oversight have primarily been handled by the Judiciary Committee , and particularly the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet , with the subcommittee chair often driving the discussion and proposals. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Northern Kentucky.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Republicans in Arizona and Kentucky have also proposed health care bans for trans youth, similar to a law passed last year in Arkansas that bans gender-affirming care for trans minors. In Alabama, lawmakers have refiled a previously unsuccessful felony ban on health care for trans minors.

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