FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – A new bill that would limit access for plaintiffs in medical malpractice suits to hospital peer reviews as evidence has passed the Kentucky Senate.
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declined to dissolve a class action settlement regarding alleged violations of the Kentucky Wage and Hour Act.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway announced a court order Wednesday against National College that will penalize the for-profit school until it fully responds to a subpoena issued by Conway's office.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) -- The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a $42 million civil judgment against three plaintiffs' attorneys who allegedly stole from more than 400 clients in a class action over the diet drug fen-phen.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Prominent plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley, who was disbarred in Kentucky in March, has been suspended by the U.S. Supreme Court.
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) -- Prominent plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley told the Ohio Supreme Court last week that he is retiring from practice in the state.
CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) -- Prominent plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley has reportedly declined to resign from the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) -- Prominent plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley has paid more than $88,000 in legal costs for an investigation that led to his disbarment, according to a filing in Kentucky Supreme Court.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) -- The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in a decision published this month that an arbitration agreement, which provides it is controlled by the Federal Arbitration Act, is enforceable in state courts.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) -- Prominent plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley has been disbarred from practicing law in Kentucky, according to a state Supreme Court order filed last week.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) -- The Kentucky Supreme Court says communications made to Attorney General Jack Conway's office in a case over a condominium owners association's funds were not part of a judicial proceeding and thus are entitled to only a "qualified" privilege.
Cunningham CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of two Kentucky attorneys, each of whom has been sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison for their roles in duping clients out of millions in settlement money.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - In the last month, various courts around the country have dismissed cases brought against online travel companies for avoiding hotel occupancy tax ordinances.
Chesley CINCINNATI (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court was expected Tuesday to hear the case of two attorneys sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison for their roles in duping clients out of millions in settlement money.
Chesley FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Kentucky Supreme Court will decide if former plaintiffs in fen-phen litigation that was tainted by the actions of attorneys will receive $42 million.
