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Supreme Court Seeking Comments on Rule 34

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 22, 2017
The Tennessee Supreme Court is considering amending Rule 34, which deals with judicial records and requesting public records. The deadline for submitting written comments is March 24.

DA Appointed to Investigate Durham

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 22, 2017
A Bradley County district attorney confirmed yesterday that he has been assigned to investigate former State Rep. Jeremy Durham, WBIR reports. Stephen Crump has been given the case, after Williamson County District Attorney Kim Helper requested a special prosecutor due to conflicts of interest between Durham and her office. 

Supreme Court Comes Down Against Race-Based Testimony

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 22, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled in favor of a death-row inmate whose expert witness testified he is more likely to be dangerous in the future because he is black, the ABA Journal reports. The inmate had been convicted in Texas in 1995 during a time in which a death sentence couldn’t be imposed unless jurors believed the convicted presented a future danger. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 6-2 majority opinion.

Clinic for Wildfire Victims Planned for Monday

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 22, 2017
Legal Aid of East Tennessee and the Sevier County Bar Association will work together to again host a free legal clinic for the survivors of the Gatlinburg wildfires on Monday, Knoxnews reports. The clinic will take place at the conference center of the Greystone Lodge on the River, located at 559 Parkway, from 1 – 5 p.m. For more information, contact LAET’s Knoxville office at (865) 637-0484.

Tennessee PDs Conference to Move Offices

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 22, 2017
The office of the Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference will be moving effective Feb. 28. The new office will be located in the historic Castner-Knott building, 618 Church Street, Suite 300, Nashville, Tennessee 37219.

Knox County DA’s Opioid-Fighting Pilot Program to Begin

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 22, 2017
Opioid addicts facing criminal charges in Knox County will begin receiving injections to help them stay clean thanks to a new pilot program, Knoxnews reports. The program is called “Shot at Life” and is being overseen by Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen’s office in cooperation with local law enforcement. The injections will be of the drug Vivitrol, which blocks the brain’s ability to feel pleasure from opioids.

Updates for Estate Planning & Probate Lawyers

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 22, 2017

Join your colleagues from across the state at the annual Estate Planning & Probate Forum on Friday. Speakers will address asset protection, ethics, legislation and other hot topics. Contribute to the discussion by submitting questions for our ethics and probate panels, email questions for the panelist here.

ABA President Supports LSC Amid Reports of Cuts

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2017
After the Legal Services Corporation was included in a “hit list” of programs named by the White House budget office, American Bar Association President Linda Klein issued a statement to express her staunch support of the program, The ABA Journal reports. Klein said that “our nation’s core values are reflected in the LSC’s work in securing housing for veterans, freeing seniors from scams, serving rural areas when others won’t, protecting battered women, helping disaster survivors back to their feet, and many others.”

Lawmakers Want $25 Million from Surplus for Fire Relief

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2017
East Tennessee lawmakers are pushing for Gov. Bill Haslam to include at least $25 million of the $1 billion in state surplus money to go to Gatlinburg wildfire relief, Knoxnews reports. Rep. Haslam said much of the surplus money is already targeted for other initiatives, but is looking at other options. A bill providing property tax relief to victims of the fires cleared a House committee today.

Lawmaker Walks Back ‘Milo Bill' Name Amid Controversy

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2017
Rep. Martin Daniel, R-Knoxville, has changed the nickname of the proposed “Milo bill” after video surfaced of the legislation's namesake appearing to condone pedophilia, the Tennessean reports. Rep. Mike Stewart, D-Nashville, held a press conference asking Daniel to withdraw the bill after Milo Yiannopoulos’s comments came to light. Daniel did not pull the bill and instead renamed it the “Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, & the MLK Jr.” bill.
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