Editor's note: Jon Fleischaker and Michael Abate are media law and First Amendment experts who serve as General Counsel to the Kentucky Press Association. They practice at the law firm of Kaplan Johnson...
James Harwood, at the time an associate professor of entomology at UK, resigned from his position in February 2016 after being accused of sexual harassment. The terms of his resignation agreement stated...
Five years. Six editors. Thousands of dollars in court fees and lawyer payments.The University of Kentucky’s lawsuit against the Kentucky Kernel has had a heavy toll. But in the end, the ruling was simple:...
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Kentucky Kernel in an open records lawsuit from the University of Kentucky, upholding the ruling from Kentucky's Court of Appeals and ending a five-year...
“They really want a government that operates in darkness.”That’s what Amye Bensenhaver, former assistant attorney general, said about House Bill 387 on Tuesday, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. I...
A new three-judge appeals court panel will have to be assembled and will have to reconsider UK's lawsuit with the Kernel, the Kentucky Court of Appeals announced in an order last week. The appointment...
The Kentucky Attorney General ruled that Kentucky State University must give investigative documents pertaining to alleged sexual misconduct by a university employee over to the Kernel. The decision,...
After nearly two years of legal proceedings, the Kentucky Kernel is still involved in three lawsuits concerning the obtainment of records about sexual misconduct at universities.The Kernel’s pursuit...
Both UK’s and the Kernel’s law teams have filed their arguments for the impending Kentucky appellate court decision.This hearing comes after the Kernel appealed a January 2017 decision from a Fayette...
A Franklin County Circuit Court ruled that Kentucky State University has to submit previously withheld investigative documents pursed by the Kentucky Kernel regarding sexual misconduct cases.The judge’s...
A new bill proposed earlier in the year would make candidates applying for top positions in North Dakota’s state universities exempt from open records laws.The bill, intended to reduce the number of...
A judge in Utah decided Wednesday to deny Brigham Young University’s motion to dismiss an open records lawsuit filed by The Salt Lake Tribune.The Tribune filed the lawsuit after the BYU Police Department...
