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Saturday Ethics Seminar Set for Aug. 10

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2019
Don't have time during the week to get your ethics hours? We have the solution for you! Join us at our annual Saturday Ethics Seminar on Aug 10, which offers three dual hours. Speakers will address timely, relevant topics designed to benefit and protect your practice.

Judge Says New Law for Online Ordination Raises 'Serious Constitutional Issues'

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2019
Chief District Judge Waverly Crenshaw said today that a lawsuit challenging a new law that bans ministers ordained online from performing marriages raised "serious constitutional issues" that should be considered at trial by the end of the year, the Tennessean reports. Until then, Crenshaw said, ministers ordained online could continue to perform legal marriages. The Universal Life Church Monastery, a ministry that ordains ministers online, sued Tennessee over the law last month, saying it violated religious protections of the First Amendment among other things. The law was set to go into effect Monday, but Crenshaw intervened with an order to maintain the status quo.

Rutherford County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2019
The Supreme Court today temporarily suspended Rutherford County lawyer Robert John Foy from the practice of law upon finding that Foy misappropriated funds of a client and poses a threat of substantial harm to the public. Section 12.3 of Supreme Court Rule 9 provides for the immediate summary suspension of an attorney’s license to practice law in cases of an attorney’s misappropriation of a client’s funds.

Rep. Johnson to File Legislation to Expel Legislator Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2019
Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, says she will file a resolution to expel Rep. David Byrd from the General Assembly during the August special legislative session, Knoxnews reports. Byrd, R-Waynesboro, was accused by three women last year of sexually assaulting them when he was their high school basketball coach in the 1980s. He has not publicly denied the allegations, but said he has done nothing wrong since being elected to the legislature in 2014. The special legislative session was called by Gov. Bill Lee to replace Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, as House Speaker.

Memphis Hospital Temporarily Ceases Legal Actions Against Patients Who Owe Medical Bills

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2019
Methodist LeBonheur, the largest hospital system in Shelby County, is suspending legal actions against former patients who still owe medical bills after recent investigations showed that many of those patients were the hospital's own employees, the Commercial Appeal reports. Public pressure accumulated after the report revealed how the hospital system uses the courts to garnish wages from people who make too little to consistently pay off thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, in hospital bills. The hospital system also said the next 30 days would serve as a review period of their policies and procedures.

TBA Offices Closed for Independence Day

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2019
The Tennessee Bar Association offices will be closed tomorrow, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. The office will reopen on Friday at 8:30 a.m.

Tennessee FastTrack in Memphis on Aug. 2

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
Don't miss this opportunity to register and plan for 15 hours of CLE in one day. This annual program offers tips and updates in diverse areas of law, designed to be relevant to a wide range of practice areas. The program will provide you with seven hours of live general credit and eight prepaid credits to complete online anytime — at home or on your mobile device; allowing you to customize your learning to your schedule and fulfill all your Tennessee CLE requirements for the year. Register now for the Aug. 2 Memphis program. Also watch for upcoming FastTrack programs in Nashville and Knoxville.

Tennessee Reaches $58 Million Agreement with LexisNexis Over Resold Crash Data

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
Attorney General Herbert Slatery and local law enforcement agencies announced a settlement with LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. and several affiliates. The agreement – which also was executed by the State of Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, as well as the city of Baltimore – resolves claims that LexisNexis underpaid certain fees associated with the purchase and resale of automobile crash reports and related crash data, which are owed to state and local law enforcement agencies by contract. LexisNexis must pay $5,811,708. Tennessee and local law enforcement agencies will recover $1,122,822.

3 Lawyers Reinstated

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently reinstated the licenses of three attorneys who were placed on inactive status more than five years ago. Madison County lawyer Edward Glenn Bryant was reinstated on April 26. Hamilton County lawyer Steven M. Hodges was reinstated on June 5. And Shelby County lawyer Tamara B. McKinnon was reinstated on June 6.

TSC Upholds Chancery Court's Disbarment of Knox Attorney

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
The Tennessee Supreme Court today upheld a Chancery Court decision that disbarred Knoxville attorney Loring Edwin Justice. Justice’s disbarment stemmed from a federal personal injury lawsuit. He falsely claimed work done by a paralegal as his own, he falsely claimed that he had kept contemporaneous time records on the case, and he requested “grossly exaggerated and unreasonable” attorney’s fees. The Board of Professional Responsibility suspended Justice for a year, but the Chancery Court modified it to a disbarment on appeal.
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