Online Originals — Kentucky Law Journal

Veterans Treatment Courts in Kentucky: Their Success, Their Shortcomings, and What Kentucky Can Do to Further Rehabilitate Veterans

Online OriginalsOnline Content ManagerNovember 22, 2017Adam Meyer, meyer, rehabilitate, treatment, veteran, veteran treatment center, veteran treatment centers, VTC, VTCs

Consumer Class Conflict: The Battle against Heightened Ascertainability in the Sixth Circuit

Note | KLJ Senior Staff Editor Houston Bragg explores the intricacies of the class action heightened ascertainability circuit split and attempts to illuminate the shortcomings of heightened ascertainability and to discourage adoption of heightened ascertainability in the Sixth Circuit.

Why Your Company’s Cyber Breach Isn’t Currently a Bad Thing

Note | KLJ Note Editor Devon Cobb proposes a mandatory SEC timeline for disclosure of cyber breaches to protect investors, maintain market integrity, and ensure the free dissemination of material information.

Online OriginalsOnline Content ManagerNovember 14, 201610b-5, attack, breach, Cobb, cyber, cybersecurtiy, Devon, disclosure, hack, material, regulation, SEC, security

Meriting Consolidation: Why Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions Should Consolidate Federal Bribery Statutes

Note | KLJ Articles Editor Kierston Eastham Rosen proposes a means to clarify jury instructions for the various federal bribery statutes through consolidation.

Money for Nothing and Your Facts for Free: An Exploration of Political Spending and a Proposal for Combatting Big Money Interests

Note | KLJ Online Committee Editor Chris Stewart examines the upward spiral of campaign spending and discusses solutions to maintain the democratic integrity of our elections.

On a Path to Autonomy: Death With Dignity Paves the Way

Note | KLJ Online Content Editor Joseph Sherman looks at various avenues, judicial and legislative, by which physician assisted death has attempted to gain ground, and what obstacles stand in the way.

Online OriginalsOnline Content ManagerNovember 12, 2015assisted, Brittany, California, death, dignity, Maynard, Oregon, PAD, physician, sherman, Washington

A Fare Deal: The Reasonable Regulation of Ridesharing

Note | KLJ Managing Articles Editor Dylan Merrill discusses the regulation gap in the ride-sharing industry and how legislators should close the gap to ensure public safety while supporting an innovative new industry.

More Coverage, More Problems: No Private Remedies for Kentuckians Hurt by HIPAA Violations After Adoption of the Affordable Care Act

Note | KLJ Online Committee Editor Chelsea Hayes discusses the shortcomings of Kentucky law in protecting patients from violations of privacy, and what the state should do about it

Eldred & the New Rationality

Article | Professor Brian Frye explores a possible shift in rational basis review that examines legislative intent and what it could mean for the future of copyright terms.

Will Kentucky Fall Victim to the EPA's War on Coal? Examining the Commonwealth's Options Under the Newest Power Plant Emission Standards

Note | KLJ Production Editor Matt Hlinka examines the potential impact of new proposed regulations of coal power plant emissions on Kentucky.

Online OriginalsOnline Content ManagerApril 28, 2015Clean Air Act, coal, emissions, energy, EPA, Kentucky, regulation

Knowledge is Power: Understanding Kentucky's Human Trafficking Laws

Note | KLJ Notes Editor Katie Smith discusses the Human Trafficking Victims Rights Act, Kentucky's new law that addresses human trafficking in Kentucky and how it protects victims.

Who Will Watch the Watchers?: Derivative Actions in Nonprofit Corporations

Article | Attorney and Professor Thomas Rutledge explains the benefits of derivative actions in ensuring proper management of corporate ventures.

Not for Human Consumption: How Inept Legislative Policy Proliferates the Synthetic Drug Problem

Note | KLJ Online Content Editor Todd Weatherholt discusses the problem of controlling synthetic drugs, from legal loopholes to difficult prosecution.