Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2023

The Court granted an (interim) anti-enforcement injunction in relation to a default judgment worth USD136,290,994 obtained in Kentucky (note that the order was made last year but the judgment has only now been released). Kea alleges that the US default judgment is based on fabricated claims intended to defraud Kea.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There is a potentially important lawsuit pending in Kentucky on academic freedom and free speech. Josephson is advancing five claims: FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION Violation of Plaintiff’s First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech Retaliation (42 U.S.C.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The site was sued by Sarah Jones, an ex-Bengals cheerleader and a former high school teacher in northern Kentucky, who was libeled on the site by commentators. District Judge William Bertelsman that the site is liable of defamatory statements by third parties and cannot claim immunity under the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. §

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Kentucky v. As a Halloween prank, restaurant manager Joe Watkins of the Chicken Ranch in Paris, Kentucky thought it was funny to lie in a pool of blood on the floor. OUTCOME: Under Kentucky law, a person can be charged with a false police report, even if he is not the one who filed it. OUTCOME: Charges pending for murder.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Kentucky v. As a Halloween prank, restaurant manager Joe Watkins of the Chicken Ranch in Paris, Kentucky thought it was funny to lie in a pool of blood on the floor. OUTCOME: Under Kentucky law, a person can be charged with a false police report, even if he is not the one who filed it. OUTCOME: Charges pending for murder.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Kentucky v. Watkins (2008) As a Halloween prank, restaurant manager Joe Watkins of the Chicken Ranch in Paris, Kentucky thought it was funny to lie in a pool of blood on the floor. OUTCOME: Under Kentucky law, a person can be charged with a false police report, even if he is not the one who filed it. 3d 599 (6th Cir.2003)

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