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Thomas Jefferson School of Law Loses ABA Approval

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2019
ABA approval for the San Diego-based Thomas Jefferson School of Law, which was placed on probation in November 2017, has been withdrawn by the council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the ABA Journal reports. The council of the section reached the decision following its May meeting in Chicago. The law school’s 2018 California bar passage rate for was 23.85%, according to ABA data. Comparatively, the California bar passage rate for graduates of ABA-accredited law schools in 2018 was 60.34%.

LogicForce Names New CEO, COO

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2019
Legal technology consulting firm LogicForce has named a new CEO and COO, the Nashville Post reports. Gulam Zade, who had been the company’s general counsel and also had overseen its sales and human resources functions, will take the post of CEO. He joined LogicForce in 2014. Stepping into the COO spot is Bret Babcock, who was previously LogicForce’s CFO and is keeping that title. He has been with the company since 2015.

Unsealed Lawsuit Shows Pharma Firm Fanned Flames of Opioid Crisis

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2019
A recently unsealed lawsuit in Knox County Circuit Court showed that from 2007 to 2014 opioid maker Endo Pharmaceuticals sold nearly a million more pills in Knoxville than in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles combined, a reality that was due to the company’s marketing and aggressive sales tactics. Knoxnews reports that Endo’s sales outpaced another opioid giant, Purdue Pharma, with tactics that included marketing directly to doctors and patients alike, targeting addicts and acknowledging pill mills that prescribed more drugs than people per square mile.

Volunteers Needed for Saturday Clinic in Nashville

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2019
The Legal Aid Society is hosting its monthly clinic in collaboration with Metro Nashville Public Schools this Saturday. Volunteers from all practice areas of the law are also welcome to attend. Ample support will be provided to new volunteers. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at 615 Fessey Park Road, Nashville, TN 37204. For more information please contact Jorge Salles Diaz, 615-780-7131.

Services Saturday for Henderson Judge Lloyd Tatum

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 10, 2019
Henderson Judge Lloyd Tatum died on June 5 at the age of 93. A native of Jackson, Tatum served as a radio operator for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II before he attended Cumberland School of Law. He graduated in 1948. Tatum served in the FBI for a short time before opening his law office in Henderson, where he practiced for 25 years. In 1976, he was appointed judge to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals by Gov. Ray Blanton, serving until 1986. The family will receive friends and loved ones from 5 to 8 p.m. at Shackelford Funeral Home in Henderson on Friday, and Saturday from noon until 2 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church, after which a funeral service will be held.

Sen. Alexander to Receive TBA President's Award

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 10, 2019
The TBA this week will bestow the President’s Award to retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander in honor of his decades of public service to our state. The presentation will be made at the Lawyers Luncheon on Friday during the TBA Annual Convention in Nashville. The veteran Republican senator will also be recognized by the Tennessee Judicial Conference at the same event, where he will make brief remarks. To reserve your spot at Convention, visit the TBA website.

Global Rights Compliance Formalizes Partnership with Vanderbilt Law School

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 10, 2019
Global Rights Compliance, an organization that offers international advisory services and litigation support focusing on human rights and international humanitarian law, has established a formal strategic partnership with Vanderbilt Law School. The arrangement will allow students to work as legal interns for GRC’s trial and consultancy teams and, through Vanderbilt’s Practice Lab, on other projects. Future aspects of the partnership will also include workshops — starting this fall, GRC’s senior legal consultant and project lead on the Mass Starvation Project will attend Prof. Michael Newton’s Practice Lab and jointly host a workshop titled "Starvation as a Method of Warfare."

Coffee County DA Under Investigation by BPR Following Complaint from Muslim Group

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 10, 2019
Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott, who called Islam "an evil belief system" and said he refuses to prosecute domestic violence cases involving same-sex couples, is now under investigation by the Board of Professional Responsibility, the Tennessean reports. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which filed the complaint against Northcott on May 28, received a letter Friday from the state board confirming that an investigation has been opened. Northcott has faced increased scrutiny since he was named a special prosecutor in a case involving a Nashville activist being charged with assault on House Speaker Glen Casada.

SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Racial Bias Case Against Comcast

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 10, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear cable television operator Comcast Corp’s bid to throw out comedian and producer Byron Allen’s racial bias lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating against black-owned channels, Reuters reports. At the heart of the case is the question of whether individuals who are refused a business contract can sue under the civil rights law without ruling out reasons other than discrimination for the denial. The 9th Circuit said lawsuits can proceed to trial if plaintiffs can show that discriminatory intent was one factor among others in the denial of a contract.

Open Records Group Says Knox Broke Law by Charging for Records Inspections

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 10, 2019
The Tennessee Coalition of Open Government is accusing Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler of breaking the law whenever he and KCSO employees fulfill public records requests, Knoxnews reports. This came after lawyers for the county defended its practice of charging residents for public records inspections, which the state comptroller says should be free. The issue came up during lawsuit against the county filed by a University of Tennessee professor, in which lawyers for the county said repeatedly it would cost hundreds of dollars to inspect records that the professor requested. A state comptroller's report written in 2008 says charges can be assessed for the cost of making the copy or duplication and staff time after the custodian has spent at least one hour working on the request if the requester wants copies of the documents. If the requester wants only to inspect the documents, there is to be no charge.
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