Kentucky Repeals Prevailing Wage Law
Within the first week of the 2017 session of the Kentucky General Assembly, the Legislature passed a law repealing the prevailing wage law in Kentucky. The legislation was passed on an emergency basis and signed...
Guided Choice: Emerging ADR Trend
As you contemplate your New Year’s resolution, you should consider implementing Guided Choice as a means to resolve some of your company’s more thorny construction disputes. Guided Choice is an emerging trend in the resolution...
Securities and Antitrust Issues for HR Professionals?
Human resource professionals typically concentrate on employment law – and there have been plenty of new developments in traditional employment law areas, such as the injunction against the new Department of Labor overtime rule. But...
Donald Trump’s Death Tax Proposal – A Non-Partisan View
As this time, it is difficult to determine what the specific provisions of President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s tax proposals will be; however, it is important to highlight the types of planning that are not likely...
Georgia Supreme Court Opinion Requires Holders of Security Interests to Understand Nature of Contrac
On September 12, 2016, the Georgia Supreme Court held that the four-year statute of limitations for actions on contracts for sale, not the six-year statute generally applicable to actions on simple written contracts, applied to...
Local Government Cannot Raise Minimum Wage Rate in Kentucky
On October 20, 2016, the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned a Louisville ordinance that attempted to increase minimum wages above the $7.25/hour rate set by state statute. Pursuant to the Kentucky Constitution and current state wage...
U.S. Supreme Court Adopts Implied False Certification Theory of Liability
On June 16, 2016 the United States Supreme Court ruled that government contractors can violate the Civil False Claims Act under the theory of “Implied False Certification.” It is a violation of the False Claims...
Governor Proposes New State Medicaid Program Through Waiver
On June 22, 2016, Governor Matt Bevin introduced Kentucky HEALTH, a new comprehensive health care program designed to transform the Commonwealth’s existing Medicaid program. Governor Bevin announced that Kentucky HEALTH, or “Helping to Engage and...