AAA Arbitration Rule Changes
The Construction Industry Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) have long been referenced in American Institute of Architects (AIA) and other construction agreements and are commonly used in the arbitration of construction...
Summary of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act
On June 25, 2015 the United States Supreme Court announced its much anticipated decision to uphold the legality of health insurance subsidies for individuals participating in both federal and state-run insurance exchanges. In a...
U.S. Supreme Court Says NO to Lien Stripping of Underwater Mortgages in Chapter 7
On June 1, 2015, in a unanimous decision,* the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bank of America, N.A. v. Caulkett that debtors in Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcies cannot void or “strip off” wholly underwater...
Kentucky Bar Association president-elect Douglass Farnsley
Attorney Douglass Farnsley remembers when Louisville’s schools de-segregated. He was in first grade, and his class went from no African-American children to two. At that time, Farnsley says, “Integration meant two children were put...
U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Induced Infringement of a Patent: Belief in Non-Infringement is a Defense
Continuing with its recent interest in Intellectual Property Law, on May 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. clarifying that a good-faith belief that...
Foreign Account Owners Beware!
An important deadline is approaching for those with foreign bank or financial accounts. On June 30, 2015, FinCen 114, more commonly known as the Foreign Bank and Financial Account Report or "FBAR" (formally known...
Quarantines In Kentucky: The State’s Role, Rights, and Responsibilities
In March of 2014, the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of the Ebola virus in areas of the country of Guinea, with suspected cases in neighboring countries. From there, most of the countries...
New ‘One Stop Shop’ for Worldwide Design Protection May Not Increase Convenience
On May 13, 2015, the United States joined the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (the Hague Agreement). In doing so, the United States is now one of 64 Contracting Parties...