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Award-winning GP Summit returns with strong lineup
Recognized in 2007 as the state's top educational seminar, the TBA's General Practice Summit returns this summer with a strong lineup of speakers in practice areas central to the work of attorneys in solo or small practices. This year's program will again feature 15 hours of practical programming along with plenty of time for networking and learning from your colleagues. Register or find out more about this Nashville program, scheduled for Aug. 21-23.
https://www.tnbaru.com/CLE/catalog_course_details.php?course=5732
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ANNETTE HANNA v. SCOTT SHEFLIN, ET AL.
Court: TCA
Attorneys:
Christopher J. Pittman and B. Nathan Hunt, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Annette Hanna.
Thomas R. Meeks and Gregory D. Smith, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Scott Sheflin and Linda Sheflin.
Judge: CLEMENT
The plaintiff brought this action for conversion against her parents, alleging that they converted $30,000 she entrusted to her father in 1991. The plaintiff, then 18 years of age, entrusted to her father the settlement proceeds she received as compensation for serious personal injuries she
sustained in a vehicular accident. After recovering in her parents’ home for two years, the plaintiff married and moved out of her parents' home. She did not ask her father to return the funds entrusted to him when she got married and moved out of his home in 1993, and did not ask that he return the funds until 2005. This action was filed in 2006. Following a bench trial, the trial court dismissed the action as time barred. The plaintiff appeals, contending the statute of limitations was tolled because her father fraudulently concealed his wrongful conduct. We have determined that the daughter failed to exercise reasonable care and diligence in discovering her father's alleged
conversion of the funds. Accordingly, we affirm.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCA/2008/hannaa_072308.pdf
Requirement of Social Security Number in Tenn. Code Ann. section 36-3-104(a)
TN Attorney General Opinions
Date: 2008-07-23
Opinion Number: 08-126
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/AG/2008/ag_08_126.pdf
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| TODAY'S NEWS |
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Legal News
Court of the Judiciary Actions
TBA Member Services
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| Legal News |
| Memphis police director sues for bloggers' names |
| Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis have filed a lawsuit to learn who operates a blog harshly critical of the police department. The lawsuit asks AOL to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger. The action has spurred protest from some Internet and free-speech advocates. |
Find out more in the Commercial Appeal
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| TVA accused of violating law |
| North Carolina has sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for violating federal law by renovating and expanding power plants without installing new air pollution scrubbers. A former U.S. government air quality official testified Tuesday in U.S. District Court that this is "one of the most significant violations ever seen." |
The Knoxville News-Sentinel has the story
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| Court affirms online content law unconstitutional |
| A federal appeals court has struck down a law that imposes criminal penalties on commercial websites that allow minors to access "harmful" material on the Internet. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the law, the Child Online Protection Act, is overly broad and vague. |
See the Associated Press for more
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| Builders sue banks for pulling loans |
| More builders are beginning to file lawsuits against their lenders for cutting off financing for construction projects, stating such actions are forcing them into bankruptcy. |
Read the details on this trend in the Wall Street Journal
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| Former clerk arrested on forgery charges |
| Former Davidson County Deputy Clerk Tanya Payne has been arrested for forgery and failure to remit sales taxes, following an investigation by the
Tennessee Department of Revenue's Special Investigations section. |
Read more in the Nashville Business Journal
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| Court of the Judiciary Actions |
| Judge Bell responds to charges |
| Cocke County General Sessions Judge John A. Bell on Monday
filed a response to formal
charges made against him by the disciplinary counsel of the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary in May. Those charges mainly involved the use of East Tennessee Probation in his court. The filings also affirm that Bell is under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Attorney General's Special Prosecution Division. After receiving his response, the disciplinary counsel filed additional motions regarding the
timeliness of his response and asking for
rulings on his general objections.
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Read more in the Knoxville News Sentinel
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