Today (9/24/10), Chief Judge Coffman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued an order granting over 98% of a petition for attorney’s fees and costs on behalf of one of our consumer clients, Madeania Justice.  This is a solid victory for consumers because it encourages litigators to take on important

It’s an exciting time to live and work in Lexington, KY with the World Equestrian Games only three days away. Similar to the Olympics, the World Equestrian Games (or WEG) occur once every four years (opposite the Summer Games) and feature the world championship for eight different equestrian events: dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, jumping, para-dressage,

In a 6/4/10 post, we discussed the problems for small nonprofits, including §501(c)(3) charities, that were not required to formally register with the IRS and might be unable to submit the e-Postcard (Form 990-N) designed for them to use to fulfill the annual reporting requirement. The post concluded by passing along IRS statements that it

I read in a Wall Street Journal column about a website that would statistically analyze a text and compare it to statistics for famous writers: iwl.meI cast about for something to feed into the analyzer. The more significant things to hand were briefs. So I tried it out with two paragraphs from a recently-written, fact-intensive

(researched and drafted by Christopher L. Jackson, UK law student and summer clerk)
Under recent changes in federal law, tax-exempt organizations — with only a few, select exceptions — must annually file information (known as a Form 990) with the IRS. (Note: “tax-exempt” means that the organization itself does not have to pay taxes, not

I was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, which basically means two things: (1) I have seen a lot of horses in my life and (2) I am a huge University of Kentucky basketball fan.  Now that the 2009-10 Cats season is over (that is all I will say about that as I am still coming to terms

Today (3/18/10), Sr. Judge Hood of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a decision on cross-motions for partial summary judgment in our client’s case challenging Garrard County (Ky.) officials’ actions in tearing down a gate limiting access to a lane on her property. The issue for summary judgment was whether