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Judge Believed He Was Donating to Christian School, Not Hate Group

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 17, 2017
In response to reports that he donated money to organizations identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as hate groups, former U.S. District Judge Robert Echols said that he believed he was making donations to a Christian school. WSMV reports that the money went to a Christian home school association that then donated the funds to the Mary Noel Kershaw Foundation, named by the SPLC as a Neo-Confederate Hate Group, which then passed cash along to the League of the South, also deemed a hate group. Echols said he was “horrified” by the revelations. “When I made the contributions, at the request of my Bible study leader, I believed that I was making donations to a Christian school and that my financial support would help families,” he said.

Tort and Insurance Online Series

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 17, 2017

Topics in this 1-Click series include the Claims Commission Act and the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act. Learn about millennial jurors and gain perspective from both sides on the West and Dedmon cases.

TSC: Sentencing Laws Implicitly Allow Trial Judges to Set Minimum Confinement Terms

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 16, 2017
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in the case of Jason Ray, who alleged his civil rights were violated by a trial judge who did not have authority to include a 75 percent minimum jail service requirement under Tennessee law. The Court concluded that sentencing laws implicitly authorize trial courts to do so by granting trial courts broad authority to fashion appropriate sentences and by encouraging trial courts to impose sentences other than incarceration when appropriate. The Court also answered the question of whether sheriffs have a duty to challenge potentially improper jail sentences, ruling that they do not.

Former Nashville Federal Judge Donated to Hate Group With Ties to Charlottesville Protests

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 16, 2017
A former federal judge contributed nearly $3,000 to a nonprofit group tied to the white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Tennessean reports. Robert L. Echols, a lawyer with Bass Berry and Sims, donated $2,950 to the Mary Noel Kershaw Foundation, which funds firearms training for the League of the South. Both organizations are defined as “neo-confederate” hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bass Berry and Sims said in a statement that it will conduct its own internal investigation into the matter, and that it condemns “views espoused by hate groups such as this one.”

FedEx Names New General Counsel

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 16, 2017
FedEx Corp. has named Mark R. Allen as the next general counsel of the company, the Memphis Business Journal reports. Allen will also serve as executive vice president and secretary, effective Oct. 1. He’s been with the corporation since 1982, and succeeds Christine P. Richards in the role.

Charges in Brentwood Academy Case Pending Since March 2016

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 16, 2017
A police detective investigating allegations in the Brentwood Academy sexual assault case told family members of the victim in March 2016 that he would discuss “appropriate charges” and the case would be moving forward, the Tennessean reports. Attorney Roland Mumford, representing the family in the case, said that the victim’s mother communicated with the Brentwood Police Department and the District Attorney multiple times and were promised that the case was progressing for more than a year. 

Shelby County Schools Seek Ruling on State-Run Schools

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 16, 2017
Shelby County Schools will seek “declaratory relief” from a judge on issues surrounding state-run schools that have added grade levels, The Commercial Appeal reports. The school board authorized General Counsel Rodney Moore in June to seek legal action against the Tennessee Department of Education and the Achievement School District. Attorney general opinions issued earlier this year said Achievement schools were never meant to expand beyond the grades that existed at the schools before they were taken over. Two schools added middle grade levels to schools that only previously held elementary school levels. 

Alexander, Corker, Haslam Favor Moving Forrest Bust from Capitol

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 16, 2017
U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker both support moving a bust of Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee Capitol and relocating it to a museum, Humphrey on the Hill reports. In a statement, Gov. Bill Haslam concurred, saying he strongly encouraged the Capitol Commission and Historical Commission to act. “My position on this issue has not changed — I do not believe Nathan Bedford Forrest should be one of the individuals we honor at the Capitol,” he said, the Times Free Press reports. Tennessee’s gubernatorial candidates are split, however, with only the two Democratic candidates supporting the statue’s removal.

New ABA President Sworn In, Emphasizes Lawyers’ Role in Protecting Democracy

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 16, 2017
New American Bar Association President Hilarie Bass was sworn in this week at the ABA annual meeting in New York City, and in one of her first acts, she touted the role of lawyers in protecting American democracy. “Our democracy functions best when there are lawyers prepared to protect it,” Bass said while speaking to the ABA House on Tuesday. The ABA Journal reports that Bass elaborated on a new ABA initiative called ABA Legal Fact Check, which is designed to counteract “alternative news and fake facts.” When incorrect assertions about the law are being made, ABA Legal Fact Check will post a press release with the truth.

ABA Retirement Funds to Host Informational Webinar

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 16, 2017
The ABA Retirement Funds Program is hosting a free informational webinar called "The Role of Self-Directed Brokerage Accounts within Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans" on Aug. 22. Find out more information and register here.
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