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Following the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in which the court held that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion,[1] some states have enacted their own legislation regulating one’s ability to access abortion procedures. Recently, these controversial abortion laws have given rise to confusion surrounding regulation of the unborn as it relates to alternative fertilization procedures such as In Vitro Fertilization.[2]
In 2021 the Sixth Circuit became one of the first circuit courts to navigate the waters of free expression and gender identity with its keystone decision, Meriwether v. Hartop.[1] Here, the Court upheld the speech rights of a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University who was charged with misconduct after refusing to use the preferred pronouns of a student in his class.
Far removed from the days of Moses and the reeds,[1] most adoptions today are open adoptions.[2] The particularities of open adoption agreements vary according to their individual terms but frequently include post-adoption visitation between the birth parent(s) and child.[3] Because Kentucky law is silent regarding the enforceability of open adoption agreements, these agreements are in effect unenforceable.[4] It is time for Kentucky’s laws to reflect what is known and practiced by other states[5] — that closed adoption no longer fulfills its intended purposes, and open adoption agreements often serve the best interests of the child, adoptive parents, and birth parents.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) principles were forged in the 2004 UN Global Compact Report titled “Who Cares Wins: Connecting Financial Markets to a Changing World.”[1] This report served as a promotional piece for the incorporation of ESG criteria into the investment process and identified various strategies for investors, fiduciaries, and market regulators. Within the report, a key assertion is:
“Both investors and asset managers should develop and communicate proxy voting strategies on ESG issues as this will support analysts and managers in producing relevant research and services.”[2]
During and in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, social media and the internet were a vital part of the daily lives of Americans. It is where we went to learn more about what was going on around us, and connect with others in unprecedented times. The increase in use also lead to an increase in misinformation, and of the federal government’s actions to stop its spread. In this blog, KLJ Vol. 112 Staff Editor Abigail Vicars discusses Biden v. Missouri, and its implications as case law on this topic continues to develop.
Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s ruling in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, NCAA student athletes now have the ability to profit off of their name, image, and likeness without losing their collegiate eligibility. However, the restrictions on accepting prize money earned in professional competitions remain in place. In this blog, KLJ Vol. 112 Staff Editor Tate Craft argues that the Court’s holding in Alston may also destabilized the NCAA’s amateurism rules, allowing student athletes to accept performance payouts earned in professional competitions.