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White privilege spotted
May 7, 2023 I recently agreed to represent a black family who has been brutally mistreated in a southern, small town. After I drafted and filed a complaint, one of the family members called me in a panic that their address was on a confidential form. At first I could not understand why this person was so afraid (doesn't this person know that they are protected by the law? Protected by the...
The Open Records Act is a powerful tool to hold government officials accountable
April 26, 2024 According to the Federal Reserve, there are over 300,000 government employees in Kentucky. That's a lot. And their work product may be accessible to the public. Public access to government documents is important, because... well... they work for us! That's why in 1967 Kentucky's General Assembly enacted the Open Records Act, to assure the right of public access to the records of...
Local government agencies sued for abuse of power
April 25, 2024 In the past year, several residents have reached out to our firm to report instances of government officials abusing their power. The Kentucky Constitution mandates that governmental bodies, including municipal corporations and agencies assisting in municipal government, operate only within the powers explicitly granted by the state constitution or statutory laws. In other words,...
High level efforts to limit non-compete agreements seems imminent
June 2, 2023Are you subject to a non-compete agreement? Nearly one in five Americans are. In Kentucky, non-compete clauses are generally enforceable. But on January 5, 2023 the FTC proposed a new rule that would ban them. Public comments were accepted up until April 19th. Now, the proposals are under review. As we await for the FTC to make its move, the General Counsel of the National Labor...
Borum settles large employment law claim with large Kentucky employer on behalf of local client
June 1, 2023 Founding attorney David Borum recently settled a large employment law claim with a large company in Kentucky. Some considered the result shocking, as the evidence did not always appear to favor the Plaintiff. The terms of the settlement, and parties involved are confidential, but the final settlement amount was ten times greater than the Defendant initially offered. The Defendant...
Supreme Court clears the way for states to sue fossil fuel companies for their role in climate change
For decades, the tobacco industry sold cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to the public, knowing that their products caused lung cancer, mouth cancer, and other respiratory disease. Yet, they publicly claimed that their products caused no harm to human health. Individual plaintiffs tried, and tried again to hold "big tobacco" accountable in Court for their injuries. But juries across the Country...
Kentucky has very powerful healthcare whistleblower protection
One day George, a hospital employee with several years experienced, noticed that his coworker Tom was not following his training protocol. George felt that Tom's actions could put patient safety in jeopardy, if they weren't corrected, so George reported Tom's actions to his manager, Pete. It just so happened that Pete really liked Tom, so instead of investigating and talking to Tom, Pete...