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Search CLE by Topic

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 11, 2018
The TBA allows you to search CLE by topic area. For example, you will see 16 options for real estate law, 17 options for criminal law and 12 options for corporate counsel practitioners.

Advocates Seek to End Arrests of Young Students in Nashville Schools

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 10, 2018
Youth justice advocates are seeking new solutions in juvenile discipline to avoid arresting children 12 and younger, The Tennessean reports. Last year, 113 Metro Nashville students of that age demographic were arrested, many of whom have mental illness. An advocacy group called PASSAGE – Positive and Safe Schools Advancing Greater Equality – is asking Nashville’s school board to end all out-of-school suspensions, expulsions and arrests for elementary-age students, except in the most serious cases involving drugs, weapons or violence. 

State Farm to Pay $250 Million for Secretly Funding Illinois Supreme Court Campaign

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 10, 2018
State Farm has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action claiming the insurer created a RICO enterprise to secretly fund the election of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier, who later voted to overturn a $1.05 billion verdict against the Illinois-based company, The Associated Press reports. The class-action lawsuit sought nearly $10 billion from State Farm in a trial that was scheduled to begin Tuesday. The allegations center around the 2005 case of Avery v. State Farm, Karmeier cast the deciding vote to reverse a $1.06 billion judgment in 1999 against State Farm for its use of aftermarket car parts in repairs. 

Annual Memphis Law Symposium Centers on Voting Rights

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 10, 2018
The annual Memphis Law Symposium, held every spring and hosted by the University of Memphis Law Review, will be themed around American voting rights. The symposium, titled “Barriers at the Ballot Box: Protecting or Limiting the Core of the American Identity?”, will begin March 15. It will feature scholars, policymakers and other leaders speaking on structural and procedural barriers to the ballot box, including voter registration list maintenance and voter identification statutes.

New Stats Show Prescription Opioid Deaths Down in Tennessee

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 10, 2018
Deaths attributed to prescription painkillers dropped for the first time in five years in Tennessee last year, The Tennessean reports. The decrease, a total of 12 percent, is likely the result of opioid prescriptions becoming weaker and less common throughout Tennessee over the past five years. Fentanyl deaths, however, have increased, indicating that as prescription opioids become less available, addicts are turning to more dangerous illegal drugs.

ICE Detainees Up 300 Percent in Knox County With New Contract

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 10, 2018
The number of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in the Knox County jail increased 300 percent in August after a new county-federal contract took effect Aug. 1, Knoxnews reports. The contract pays the county $67 per ICE detainee per day, where previously, there was no payment. Proponents of the changes say the new agreement will speed up the deportation process and help cover the costs, while immigrant activists are concerned the agreement provides financial incentives for immigration crackdowns.

LAS to Host Open House for New Nashville Office

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 10, 2018
The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands will host an open house for its new office on Thursday. The Sweet Soiree Open House will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at 1321 Murfreesboro Pike, Suite 400. RSVP here.

Register Now for Inaugural Tennessee Young Lawyers Conference, Oct. 5-6

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 10, 2018
The inaugural Tennessee Young Lawyers Conference will be held Oct. 5 - 6 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in the heart of New Orleans’ famous French Quarter. In conjunction with the Conference, which will offer educational programs and up to eight hours of CLE credits, attendees will have the opportunity to mingle with fellow Tennessee lawyers during receptions, dinners and social events offered during the weekend long conference. Learn more about the 2018 YLD Conference here.

17 Attorneys Reinstated Following Administrative Suspension

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 10, 2018
Seventeen attorneys suspended last month for failing to pay the professional privilege tax, failing to pay the annual fee or mandatory IOLTA report, or failing to comply with the CLE requirement have been reinstated by order of the court. See a full list of all administrative suspensions and reinstatements here.

6 Cases Granted Review by Supreme Court

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 7, 2018
The Tennessee Supreme Court granted review in six cases during the month of August, including two civil cases: one asking if a cycler is at least 50 percent at fault for the accident that killed him, and another involving whether an architect agreement survived a subsequent purchase agreement. Criminal cases include warrantless searches of probationers, abatement of conviction by death, retroactive grading of theft offenses and indictment amendments. The Raybin Supreme Court Hot List reviews the cases and offers predictions.
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