Blog Posts from 2020
To Defend or Not to Defend: Commercial General Liability (CGL) Insurers at the Center of Opioid Litigation, Clay Thornton
Google v. Oracle: Issues & Analysis, Adam Weiland
A Stranger to the Action: Third Party Litigation Financing, Lili Williams
Restorative Justice: Unique Challenges for Rural Communities, Seth Woods
Blog Posts from 2019
Is the Second Time the Charm? The Ongoing Medicaid Battle in Kentucky, Megan B. Barker
FERC’s Role in Bankruptcy, Barrett Block
Happy Halloween: A Litigation Nightmare?, Madeline S. Cain
Blood is Thicker than Water: Adapting Bloodline Citizenship to the Modern Age, H. S. Collier Clay
Taggart: an (Old) New Standard for Civil Contempt in Bankruptcy Court, B. Gammon Fain
You can Bet on It, Christian Farmer
Shauna’s Law: Will It Be the First of Its Kind?, Alicia Gilbert
Workin’ for a Livin’: The Blurred Line Between Employees and Independent Contractors Has Taken Another Hit in the World of Ride-Sharing, Kyle A. Girouard
Not All Fun and Logic Games: The LSAT’s Attempt to Ensure Inclusivity through Reformation, Paige Goins
A Set-Back for Adidas in Trademark Expansion, John Brady Hagen
Hallelujah! We Have Waited 30 Years for Stark and AKS Reform. Sadly, it Still Is Not Enough, Brenton Hill
When Immigrants are Safe, We are All Safe, Marianna C. Januario
Marsy’s Law: It Persuaded Voters, But Will It Persuade the Kentucky Supreme Court?, Ameena R. Khan
The Healthcare Industry Wants to Know What Amazon, Berkshire, and JPMorgan Are Up To: Could Optum Inc. v. Smith Provide Answers?, William B. Kilgore
Kentucky’s New Presumption For Joint Custody and Equal Parenting Time Kentucky’s New Presumption For Joint Custody and Equal Parenting Time, Amanda K. Krugler
The Curious Case of Singular They, Sarah Laytham
Turning the Tide: Big Pharma Willing to Settle, Allie McNamara
Is Texas v. United States “Great News for America” or Yet Another Procedural Skirmish in the Battle for “Obamacare?”, Aaron Wallace Meek
Making an ImPACT: Congressmen Work to Revamp Decade Old Federal Animal Rights Legislation to Offer New Protections, Mary Elizabeth Morey
California Shaking Up the Gig Economy: Should Uber and Lyft be Worried?, Cameron F. Myers
Saving the Earth One Suit at a Time: Juliana and Atmospheric Trust Litigation, Lesley Nash
Kaestner: Applying a Minimum Connections Test to State Taxation of Trusts, J. Conner Niceley
#MeToo and Minarsky: The Evolution of the Faragher-Ellerth Affirmative Defense, S. Patrick Riley
Apple, Angry Birds, and Antitrust: The Direct Purchasing Requirement’s Survival, Jacob Sherman
“Finder’s Keepers” OR “Theft by Finding”, Dalton Stanley
A Whole New Kind of Ghostwriting, Austin Stevenson
Knick v. Township of Scott: “Taking” Away the Williamson County Doctrine, R. Austin Stevenson
State Tax Law and the New Economy: a KLJ Symposium Topic Covered by Adam Thimmesch, Brittany Warford
Blog Posts from 2018
Kentucky Supreme Court: Determining the Constitutionality of GOP-crafted Pension Bill, Summer R. Bablitz
Unlike the Nosy Neighbor: Digital Privacy in the Modern Age, Drew M. Baldwin
Transgender Service Members & Decision Making Deference to the United States Military, Annie R. Barry
Medical Review Panels: Solving the Malpractice Crisis or Blocking the Courthouse Doors?, Emily J. Bertram
Don’t Hate the Players (Nor the Haters), Hate the Game: A “Swift” Dismissal in Copyright Law and the Banalities of Lyricism, Mark Edward Blankenship Jr.
Prince & the Revolution of Transformative Use: Observing “New Portraits” Alongside the Potential Specter of Appropriation Art’s Past, Mark Edward Blankenship Jr.
Bagging the Public Domain: Trade Dress in Steven Madden, Ltd. v. Jasmin Larian, LLC, Barrett Block
Kentucky Legislature Needs to Get Ahead of Juvenile Solitary Confinement, Patrick Brennan
The Role of Businesses in Reducing Recidivism in Ex-Offenders, Kelsey Bryant
Conspiracy: What Does “Knowingly” Mean?, Jamila Malaika Carter
Kentucky Criminal Justice Reform Amidst the Opioid Epidemic, Chelise L. Conn Greer
Sales Tax in a Brave New World: A Brief Look at South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., Bethany Davenport
Victims of Progress: The Tort Liability and Economic Ramifications of Autonomous Vehicles, Nicholas J. Davis
Protect the Jury or Eliminate Racial Bias? How to Proceed After Peña-Rodriguez, Spencer Eastwood
Identifying Proceeds with Blockchain: A Solution to the UCC § 9-315(a) Problem of Proof, Brittany J. Foster
Federal Tax Reform: Burgeoning The Bottom Line for the Bourbon Industry, William T. Gilbert
Public Safety, Panhandling, and Protecting Free Speech, Julie J. Greenlee
Black Lung on the Rise: A Call for Greater Protection of Miners, Tyler E. Greer
The Benefits of Arbitration with Entities in Financial and Political Distress: ConocoPhillips and Venezuela, J. Brady Hagan
As Justice Should be Blind, So Should We: Analyzing the Federal Judicial Center’s Reports on Cameras in the Courtroom and an Argument in Favor of Keeping Cameras Out of the Supreme Court, Justin Austin Hatfield
Opioid Litigation: Can We Put a Price on Addiction?, Alexandra N. Henning
To Kneel or Not to Kneel: A Balancing Act of First Amendment Rights, Chynna Breann Hibbitts
An Endless Appeal: What Were Ezekiel Elliott and the National Football League Fighting About Anyway?, Michael E. Hooper Jr.
DACA in 2018: Renewals Continue, but the Legality of the Program is Still up in the Air, Marianna C. Januario
Improving Landlord-Tenant Relations in Kentucky Through the URLA, Micah Johnson
Congratulations to Volume 107 Staff!, Kentucky Law Journal
The Seventh Circuit: Expanding Protections for LGBT Individuals in Title VII and Title IX Discrimination Cases, Akesha Kirkpatrick
#CleanedUp, Joseph T. McClure
American Asylum: How the Policy of Turning Away Asylum Seekers Violates National and International Law, Lesley Nash
Due Process and Social Security: One Thread to Ponder Before Oral Argument in Biestek v. Berryhill, Alexander Alberto Pabon
Drug Quantities in a Conspiracy: What Counts?, Claire Profilet
Could Fleetwood Mac Be Liable for Lindsey Buckingham Going His Own Way?, Rowan L. Reid
Partisan Gerrymandering: A Consideration for State Legislatures, Not the Supreme Court, Stephanie Renzelman
The Antiquities Act has a Modern Impact: The Downsizing of Two National Monuments could have Lasting Consequences on Public Federal Lands, Shannon Rutherford
A Brief History of Pre-Obergefell Same-Sex Estate Planning: Adult Partner Adoption, Kyle S. Schroader
Securities Fraud or Elon being Elon? The Forty Million Dollar Tweet, Richard K. Simpson
To Kill a Bearded Seal: Should the NMFS be able to preemptively list a species as threatened under the ESA?, Madison Stewart
The Death Penalty in Kentucky: Is it Worth the Cost?, Rachele Taylor Yohe
Blog Posts from 2017
How Old Are You? IMDB’s Free-Speech Battle Against a California Statute Begins, J. Austin Anderson
Could Louisville be Liable for Rick Pitino’s Entire Coaching Contract?, Jacob M. Bartlett
Should Judges Swipe Left on Social Media?, William J. Berker II
The Governor Giveth, and the Governor Taketh Away: The Authority of the Kentucky Governor to Restore Voting Rights for Ex-offenders, Matthew I. Boggs
The Aftermath of Osborne v. Keeney: The Extent of Damages Recoverable for Pre-Accident Fright, Abbie Carrico
Mug Shots and the FOIA: Weighing the Public’s Interest in Disclosure Against the Individual’s Right to Privacy in the age of the Internet, Emily T. Cecconi
The Legacy of Bears Ears National Monument and the Antiquities Act Under the Trump Administration, Alex Clay
The Curious Disconnect Between the Rhyme and Reason of TC Heartland, Abby Clerk
When Fundamental Rights Collide: The Legal Conflicts Within and Surrounding Masterpiece Cakeshop, Justin Cloyd
Conservation Easements: Is it “In Perpetuity” or “Close Enough”?, Bethany Davenport
“Blue Lives Matter” Laws: The Extension of Hate Crime Statutes to Include Law Enforcement, Spencer K. Gray
Educating a “Work Ready” Kentucky: A Closer Look at the Impact of Free Community College Legislation in Kentucky, Bennett P. Greene
Tinkering with Students’ First Amendment Rights in the Age of Cyber-bullying, Jennifer L. Henry
Fourth Amendment Privacy Issues: Moving Away from the Historical Practice of Viewing “Reasonable Expectation of Privacy” as a Binary Question, Linsey K. Hogg
Profiting off Near Fatalities: Mylan Inc.’s EpiPen Price-Gouge, Samuel L. Hoops
Conflicting Federal and State Laws Lead to Higher Taxes for the Legal Marijuana Market, Lesley D. Lawson
Social Media: Will Bevin Be Sliced by a Double-edged Sword?, Timothy Lovett
Beached Whale: The Supreme Court’s Sad Suffocation of Public-Sector Unions, Brandon R. Magner
The United States Estate Tax: Demonized by the Public on Behalf of the Few, Sadie R. McCorkle
Eliminating the Chase: Fourth Amendment Implications of Warrantless Use of Cell-Site Simulators to Search for Criminal Offenders, Katie A. Monin
Are Administrative Law Judges Unconstitutionally Appointed?, Roger K. Morris
The Never Ending Traffic Stop: Why Informing Citizens of Completion is Necessary, Madeline Moss
The Free Will Distinction Between Self-Defense & the Necessity Defense, Dustin Nelson
Writing on The Wall: The Enforcement of Stereotypes on the LGBTQ Community, Kevin Spencer Pierson
Google, Inc.: The Death of a Trademark?, Nicole E. Pottinger
