... , is expected to shape how other states carry out executions. Since the U.S. Supreme Court signed off on Kentucky's lethal injection process last year and lifted a brief nationwide moratorium, 36 states and the federal government, ... of capital punishment on moral grounds. They have been empowered by the state's budget crisis, as well as by some influential law-and-order advocates who have concluded that deficiencies in the legal and corrections systems are beyond repair. More California death row ...
June 30, 2009 09:10 am

New Data Security Breach Laws in Alaska and South Carolina

(Privacy " Information Security Law Blog)
... , Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, will have active breach notification laws in place. There are no breach notification laws in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico and South Dakota. Alaska Stat. § 45.48.010 ... notification in the event of an unauthorized but good-faith acquisition of personal identifying information by an employee of the entity for the purposes of its business if the personal identifying information is not used or subject to further unauthorized disclosure.
June 26, 2009 09:15 am

Kentucky Slip And Fall Accident Law

(Kentucky Injury Lawyer Blog)
... property safe and to warn of any dangerous conditions, unless the injured person is a trespasser. If the dangerous condition is on a business premise the standard of care is higher since the customer, as an invitee, is encouraged to come onto the property so that the owner can ... to be compensated. The personal injury lawyers at Bahe Cook Cantley & Jones PLC are experienced and familiar with the Kentucky law regarding slip and fall accidents. They can help deal with insurance claims as well as ...
June 23, 2009 01:31 pm
... injure or kill people). Here are some notable press items from the past few days… Attorneys General from Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Vermont, and West Virginia are standing up for injured consumers, ... due to a faulty seatbelt design in her Pontiac Bonneville. Lynn LoPucki, a professor and bankruptcy expert at UCLA Law School, who is quoted in the article, said, "They should assume liability for their cars. Instead, they give people a very ...
June 22, 2009 10:17 am

Faculty Blogs: Warns Institute Day Two

(University of Louisville Law Faculty Blog)
... bannering cases where the issue is whether bannering a neutral to pressure the neutral to cease doing business with another company violates the secondary boycott provisions. He also updated us ... His practical advice for public sector employers and unions in Kentucky was two-fold. First, forget the law and try to work out systems that foster employee ... pointed out that each jurisdiction has its own rules. Be sure to double check Kentucky's new rules, effective July 15, because some that he discussed ...
June 19, 2009 03:02 pm
... -02576 filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee), charged UPS violated federal law by refusing to accommodate the religious beliefs of one of its drivers and trying to force him to work past sundown ... Mountain Restaurants LLC, doing business as Ryan's Family Steakhouse (Ryan's). According to the EEOC's lawsuit, filed in September 2008 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Paducah Division (Civil Action No. 5:08-cv-00160-TBR), Ryan's subjected black ...
June 19, 2009 09:30 am
... -action status. Click here for the LAT story. The complaint accuses KFC of false advertising, fraud and unfair business practices, among other things. The company, according to the suit, used the promotion to take money from customers who hadn't intended ... But, he said, "we apologize to any customers who were inconvenienced, and we remain committed to providing a free Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal plus a medium soft drink to those who submitted valid coupons for replacement coupons." According to ...
June 19, 2009 07:44 am
... entity issues; mandatory reporting of lawyer misconduct and a review and update on lawyer discipline issues for Kentucky lawyers. From the KBA: SPECIAL PRICE PROMOTION Take advantage of this special one-time promotion on our ... / Professional Responsibility Bankruptcy Estate & Trust Planning Corporate, Business, Finance Law Civil Litigation Real Estate Employment Law Non-profit And much more . . . HOW IT WORKS In order to take advantage of this special offer, you must order by fax or mail Simply ...
June 19, 2009 02:12 am

Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 2: You Don't Look Like a Librarian

(University of Louisville Law Faculty Blog)
... of social activists who lend their research skills to providing answers to those who question authority. The next item on the busy agenda was a networking luncheon. I chose to join a table that included 20-something hipsters and pink haired heavily ... exceptions of course, including some of my male colleagues at the law school. I've also observed that the attendance at state conferences (Hawaii Library Association and Kentucky Library Association) is comprised mostly of boomer generation females, ...
June 17, 2009 02:06 pm

Keep an Eye out for these Recalled Products

(Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer)
... cheeses after the FDA tested them and found them contaminated. If you live in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin, check your refrigerator. If you find a cheese labeled "Aguas ... wheat gluten that had been mixed with chemicals used to make plastics and other industrial products. The type of law that covers product recalls is product liability law. There are three major types of product liability law - failure to warn (as in ...
June 16, 2009 11:00 pm

Faculty Blogs: SLA, Part 1: Spies, Beehives and a 4-Star General

(University of Louisville Law Faculty Blog)
On Saturday, I arrived in Washington, DC for the annual Special Libraries Association's conference. The first order of business after having checked into the hotel was attending the Information Technology Division's board meeting. While there, I reunited with ... a keyword "liar' that triggered its response and decided I needed to seek out an AI librarian to explain. Two of my Kentucky Chapter colleagues were awarded. Stacey Greenwell is a 2009 Fellow and Abby Heath-Thorne was recognized as a Rising ...
June 15, 2009 10:39 am

Tobacco Regulation and Trade

(International Economic Law and Policy Blog)
... ban will soon be upon us. The problem is not the clove ban by itself. Rather, it is that the law does not ban certain other, arguably similar, tobacco products. As Bloomberg ... producers have similar concerns about a Canadian tobacco regulation bill: Tobacco growers in Kentucky have launched a protest against the Harper government over a new anti-smoking ... Two U.S. congressmen have taken up the cause of 8,100 Kentucky farmers who grow burley tobacco - used in popular American-style cigarettes like ...
June 12, 2009 05:41 pm
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June 3, 2009 02:30 pm
... Gatnarek expects to take on well over $100,000 of debt to get her law degree there and hopes to graduate in three years. Here's the problem, ... her mind when she read a New York Times article on Wednesday on problems in Kentucky, where significant cuts in one of its loan forgiveness programs have put thousands of indebted ... Bailout. We Are So Going to Make This Happen Student Loan Bailout. Just Do It. Related: Education - Student Loan Corporation - Business - Financial services - Georgetown University ...
June 1, 2009 08:00 am
... Berkeley Technology Law Journal article (alternative link), visiting University of Maryland Associate Professor of Law Davida Isaacs and University of Kentucky Assistant Professor of National Security Robert Farley discuss the Military and State ... the authors note that loose use of privilege endangers the intellectual property rights of companies interested in doing business with the military, and in particular of small companies that cannot depend either on their connections with the Pentagon or ...
June 1, 2009 06:20 am
... Burford abstention to dismiss a complaint seeking judicial dissolution of a New York corporation under Section 1104 of the Business Corporation Law based on shareholder deadlock. The plaintiff-50% shareholder resided in Indiana. The other shareholder was an Illinois corporation. The ... outside the Second Circuit. A 2002 decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, agreed with Friedman. See Caudill v. Eubanks Farms, Inc., 301 F3d 658 (6th Cir. ...
June 1, 2009 05:00 am
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May 31, 2009 08:41 pm
... has operated in Tennessee for three decades, recently got into trouble with federal law on their wage and hour practices. Allegations included various violations of workplace ... together multiple workers at a store, factory, or other business in a class action wage and hour lawsuit. If your Kentucky, Georgia, or Tennessee employer frequently changes ... attorney's fees. Filing a wage and hour lawsuit with a qualified employment law attorney can help correct many unfair workplace practices and help ...
May 26, 2009 07:32 pm
... out and have a drink with the candidates after work. "They are part of our business team, and they need to be compatible," Carr says. But any firm ... alternative billing proposals a firm may have. Patrick Lamb, a business trial lawyer with the Valorem Law Group in Chicago, has worked for FMC and says Carr ... fee arrangements because it introduces an element of risk, said John Matter, a lawyer in Kentucky who practices commercial litigation. But that risk can be offset by the chance to reap financial ...
May 18, 2009 10:15 am
... Michel gave the keynote at the FTC hearings on "The Evolving IP Marketplace", addressing the state of patent law and patent reform. Highlight: I've been on the court for twenty years and eight ... No wonder the SEC was too busy to get around to firguring out Bernard Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme. (via WSJ Law Blog) ed. Related posts ... Chemistry The World Anti-Doping Agency claims that... Friday IP Round-Up The Kentucky BioAlliance has established a fund to provide stipends... Friday IP Round-Up ...
May 15, 2009 06:05 pm